a blunt-ended surgical instrument used for exploring a wound or part of the body (钝头的)探针,探子 ■a small device, especially an electrode, used for measuring, testing, or obtaining information 探针,探头;探极 ■a projecting device for engaging in a drogue, either on an aircraft for use in in-flight refuelling or on a spacecraft for use in docking with another craft 空中加油受油探管;宇宙飞行器对接口
(亦作space probe)an unmanned exploratory spacecraft designed to transmit information about its environment 航天探测器(用于传送周围环境信息的无人驾驶航天探测器) ■an investigation into a crime or other matter (对犯罪等的)调查;查究;探查 a probe intothe maritime industry by the FBI. 联邦调查局对海洋业的调查。
verb
[with obj.]physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument 用手(或仪器)探查,调查 hands probed his body from top to bottom. 一双手把他的身体从头到脚搜了个遍。 ■[no obj.]seek to uncover information about someone or something (对有关人或物的信息)探查,查究 Beth had secured his promise that he would neverprobe intoher past. 贝思已经让他答应永远不打听她的过去。 [with obj.]police are probing a nightwatchman's murder. 警察正在调查守夜人被害案。
派生 prober noun probingly adverb 语源
late Middle English (as a noun): from late Latin proba 'proof' (in medieval Latin 'examination'), from Latin probare 'to test'. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent