probe | BrE prəʊb, AmE proʊb | <-Back to List

调查/探测

A.transitive verb

① (investigate) 调查 diàochá ‹scandal, allegation, cause›; 探究 tànjiū ‹mystery, psyche›

② (examine) «doctor, animal, finger» 探查 tànchá ‹wound, DNA, crack›

③ (explore) 探测 tàncè ‹sky, darkness, space›

B.intransitive verb

① (investigate) 调查 diàochá

▸ to probe for more information

探求更多的消息

▸ to probe into sth

调查某事

② (search) «person, animal» 翻寻 fānxún

▸ to probe for sth

翻找某物

C.noun

① (investigation) 调查 diàochá

▸ to carry out a probe into sth

对某事展开调查

② (surgical instrument) 探针 tànzhēn ; (operation, examination) 探查 tànchá

▸ to do a probe

用探针探查

③ (measuring instrument) 探测仪 tàncèyí

▸ a temperature probe

温度探测仪

④ (unmanned spacecraft) 航天探测器 hángtiān tàncèqì