Pryname

• 1

  A surname.

pryverb詞源 1/pɹaɪ/

• 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?
  • […] to elude, thus wrapt in miſt / Of midnight vapor glide obſcure, and prie / In every Buſh and brake, where hap may finde / The Serpent ſleeping, […]
• 2

  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, […]
  • We literary hacks are shameless creatures. I believe there's no secret of the human heart into which we wouldn't pry.
• 3

  obsoleteTo 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.

prynoun詞源 1/pɹaɪ/

• 1

  An act of prying; a close and curious look.

  • With those beauties, scarce discern'd, / Kept with such sweet privacy, / That they seldom meet the eye / Of the little loves that fly / Round about with eager pry.
• 2

  A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.

prynoun詞源 2/pɹaɪ/

• 1

  A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.

pryverb詞源 2/pɹaɪ/

• 1

  To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.

  • "Oh! he's going home to Down East," said another; "so far eastward, you know, shippy, that they have to pry up the sun with a handspike."
• 2

  Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.