English Dictionary

pry

IPA（発音記号）

/pɹaɪ/

動詞

自動詞 比喩的用法 廃用 他動詞

To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public. / (figuratively) To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.

日本語の意味

覗き込む、じろじろ見る / 詮索する、干渉する

Curious tourists couldn't help but pry into the restricted exhibit through the small observation window.

好奇心旺盛な観光客たちは小さな観察窓から立ち入り禁止の展示を覗き込まずにはいられなかった。

意味（1）

To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.

[W]omen haue eagles eyes, / To prie euen to the heart, and why not you?

意味（2）

(figuratively) To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.

Watch thou, and wake when others be aſleepe, / To prie into the ſecrets of the State, […]

意味（3）

(transitive, obsolete) To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.

The two ship's corporals went among the sailors by the names of Leggs and Pounce; […] Bland, the master-at-arms, ravished with their dexterity in prying out offenders, used to call them his two right hands.

pries （ present singular third-person ）

prying （ participle present ）

pried （ participle past ）

pried （ past ）

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en-conj-simple （ inflection-template ）

pry （ infinitive ）