英文词源
- pry
- pry: see prize
- pry (v.1)
- "look inquisitively," c. 1300, from prien "to peer in," of unknown origin, perhaps related to late Old English bepriwan "to wink." Related: Pried; prying. As a noun, "act of prying," from 1750; meaning "inquisitive person" is from 1845.
- pry (v.2)
- "raise by force," 1823, from a noun meaning "instrument for prying, crowbar;" alteration of prize (as though it were a plural) in obsolete sense of "lever" (c. 1300), from Old French prise "a taking hold, grasp" (see prize (n.2)).
中文词源
来自中古法语prien,偷窥，打探，可能来自piren的变体词，来自piren,偷窥，词源同peer.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：pry 词源，pry 含义。
来自prize 的回构词，来自古法语prise,抓住，来自（缩写自）拉丁语prehendere,抓住，词源 同apprise,comprehend.引申词义撬开，强力扒开。
