probe

noun

/prəʊb/

probe (into something) (used especially in newspapers) a complete and careful investigation of something探究；详尽调查
- a police probe into the financial affairs of the company警方对这家公司的财务的详细调查
- Arson probe after three die at home.三人在家中死亡后纵火调查。
(also space probe)
a spacecraft without people on board that obtains information and sends it back to earth（不载人）空间探测器Topics Spacec2
(specialist) a long, thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body（医生用的）探针Topics Healthcarec2
(specialist) a small device put inside something and used by scientists to test something or record information探测仪；传感器；取样器Topics Engineeringc2

probe

verb

/prəʊb/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they probe	/prəʊb/ /prəʊb/
he / she / it probes	/prəʊbz/ /prəʊbz/
past simple probed	/prəʊbd/ /prəʊbd/
past participle probed	/prəʊbd/ /prəʊbd/
-ing form probing	/ˈprəʊbɪŋ/ /ˈprəʊbɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] to ask questions in order to find out secret or hidden information about somebody/something盘问；追问；探究 synonym investigate
- probe (into something) He didn't like the media probing into his past.他不喜欢媒体追问他的过去。
- probe something a TV programme that probed government scandals in the 1990s追查 20 世纪 90 年代政府丑闻的电视节目
- + speech ‘Then what happened?’ he probed.“后来发生了什么事？”他追问道。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- deep
- deeply
- further
- …
preposition
- for
- into
- with
- …
[transitive] probe something to touch, examine or look for something, especially with a long, thin instrument（用细长工具）探查，查看
- The doctor probed the wound for signs of infection.医生检查伤口是否有感染的迹象。
- Searchlights probed the night sky.探照灯扫视着夜空。
Topics Healthcarec2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- deep
- deeply
- further
- …
preposition
- for
- into
- with
- …

Word Originlate 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.