pry
意味
- のぞきこむ;せんさくする
- 《副詞[句]を伴って》…をてこで動かす(持ち上げる,開ける)
- (…から)…をやっと手に入れる《+名+form(out of)+名》
- てこ,かなてこ
例文
He pried open the locked door with a crowbar.
彼は鉄の棒で鍵のかかったドアを抉じ開けた。
Don't pry into the affairs of others.
他人のことに首を突っ込むな。
Don't pry into my private life.
私生活を詮索しないでよ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The verb is inherited from Middle English prien, pryen (“to look closely, peer into, pry, spy”) [and other forms], from Old English *prīwan, *prēowian (“to look narrowly, to squint at”), attested by Old English beprīwan, beprēwan (“to wink”); further etymology unknown, but probably akin to Old English *prēowot (“closing of the eyes”), attested only in combination – compare prēowthwīl (“blink or twinkling of an eye, moment”), princ (“a wink”): see prink. The noun is derived from the verb.