名詞 probe:

1. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
   同義詞：investigation
2. a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities
3. an exploratory action or expedition
4. an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity

動(dòng)詞 probe:

1. question or examine thoroughly and closely
   同義詞：examine
2. examine physically with or as if with a probe
   同義詞：dig into, poke into

1. He was asking probing questions.
   他提出了一些盤(pán)根究底的問(wèn)題。
2. He probed the swelling anxiously with his finger.
   他很擔(dān)心地用手指觸摸腫處。
3. He probed the mud with a stick, looking for the ring he had dropped.
   他用樹(shù)枝在泥里探尋，想找回丟失的戒指。
4. The journalist was probing into several financial scandals.
   那記者正在調(diào)查幾起財(cái)務(wù)丑聞。
5. Information about Venus obtained by Russian probes has been published on some magazines.
   許多雜志發(fā)表了由俄國(guó)航天探測(cè)器獲得的有關(guān)金星的信息。

probe

n.（名詞）
An exploratory action, expedition, or device, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region:
探索，探測(cè)裝置：探索性的行動(dòng)、探險(xiǎn)或裝置，尤指用于在偏遠(yuǎn)的或不為人知的地區(qū)進(jìn)行調(diào)查并獲取信息：
例句：
electronic probes into the crust of the earth.
勘察地殼的電子裝置

A slender, flexible surgical instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity.
探針，探子：用于探查傷口或體腔的一種細(xì)長(zhǎng)的可彎曲的外科醫(yī)療器械
The act of exploring or searching with or as if with a device or an instrument.
探查，探測(cè)：用或似用裝置或器具進(jìn)行探查或?qū)ふ业男袨?/br>An investigation into unfamiliar matters or questionable activities; a penetrating inquiry:
調(diào)查，查究：對(duì)陌生的事物或可疑的活動(dòng)進(jìn)行的調(diào)查：
例句：
a congressional probe into price fixing.See Synonyms at inquiry
議會(huì)對(duì)價(jià)格穩(wěn)定的調(diào)查參見(jiàn) inquiry

A space probe.
航天探測(cè)器，太空探測(cè)器
v.（動(dòng)詞）
probed,prob.ing,probes
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To explore with or as if with a probe:
用或似用探針進(jìn)行探測(cè)：
例句：
probe a wound to find its extent; probing the anthill with a stick.
探查傷口以確定其大??；用棍探測(cè)蟻穴

To delve into; investigate.
調(diào)查；查究
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To conduct an exploratory investigation; search.
進(jìn)行探索性的調(diào)查；搜尋

來(lái)源：
Middle English [examination]
中古英語(yǔ) [檢查]
from Medieval Latin proba
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) proba
from Late Latin [proof]
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) [證據(jù)]
from Latin prob3re [to test]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) prob3re [檢驗(yàn)]
from probus [good] * see per
源自 probus [好的] *參見(jiàn) per

【引伸】
prob.er
n.（名詞）
prob.ingly
adv.（副詞）