pried

英 [praɪd]

美 [praɪd]

v. 探听，打听，探查(隐私)
pry的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

VERB 窥探；窥视；偷看；刺探
If someonepries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions.
1. We do not want people prying into our affairs...
  我们不希望别人窥探我们的私事。
2. Imelda might think she was prying...
  艾美达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。
3. She thought she was safe from prying eyes and could do as she wished.
  她觉得自己不会被偷窥，可以随心所欲。
VERB 撬动；撬开；撬起
If youprysomething open orpryit away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface.
1. They pried open a sticky can of blue paint...
  他们撬开了一个黏糊糊的蓝色油漆桶。
2. I pried the top off a can of chilli...
  我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。
3. Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop.
  她揭开塑料盖，拿出了一个小勺。
VERB （从…口中）费力地得到（消息等）
If youprysomething such as informationout ofsomeone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to.
1. ...their attempts to pry the names from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
  他们试图从美国酒精、烟草和武器管理局那里打探到那些名字

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 prize

So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Pain-killer.
因此汤姆撬开它的嘴，把止痛药灌下去。
Uncle Harold had pried, but Thomas had been vague and merely said that he was doing badly.
哈罗德叔叔已经打听过了，但是托马斯含糊其辞，只说他干得不好。
Where is the Tang Dynasty bodhisattva that he pried from its base?
那座被他从底座撬走的唐代菩萨现在哪去了？
I pried it loose with a crowbar and hoisted it into the wheelbarrow.
我用撬棍把它撬松，然后搬到了手推车里。
Pried a confession out of the suspect.
从嫌疑犯中寻出了口供。
They reassured him countless times; but he could not believe them, and pried cunningly about the lazarette to see with his own eyes.
他们对他保证了无数次，但是他仍然不相信，仍然会狡猾地溜到贮藏室附近亲自窥探。
In fact, I understand the bite-reflex is so strong the victim's jaws have to be pried open with a crowbar.
实际上，这种条件反射的咬合是如此之强，以至于受害者的牙关必须得用撬棍才撬得开。
Hey, if you pried it open.
哎你要是捅了它。
The car trunk had been pried open and all her equipment was gone.
那辆小车的行李箱被撬开了，她所有的设备都没了。
They pried military information out of a prisoner.
他们逼着囚犯提供军事情报。