n. [醫(yī)]（對(duì)傷處等的）針探，探查;[醫(yī)]探針，取樣器;探頭;探測(cè)儀;
vt.& vi. 探索，調(diào)查;用探針（或探測(cè)器等）探查，探測(cè);
vt. 盤(pán)問(wèn);（用試探性襲擊等）偵察（敵情）;用尖物刺穿（物件）;用力使向前推進(jìn);
probe
n
1 tool for examining a place whichcannot be reached otherwise, esp a thin implement with a blunt end used by a doctor for examining a wound 探查工具; 探測(cè)器; （尤指醫(yī)生用的）探子, 探針.
2 (also `space probe) unmanned spacecraft which obtains information about space and transmits it back to earth 航天探測(cè)器（一種不載人的宇宙飛船, 用以搜集有關(guān)宇宙的資料, 并發(fā)送回地球）
information about Venus obtained by Russian probes 由俄國(guó)航天探測(cè)器獲得的有關(guān)金星的信息.
3 ~ (into sth) (esp in journalism) thorough and careful investigation of sth （尤作新聞?dòng)谜Z(yǔ)）探究, 深入的調(diào)查
a probe into the disappearance of government funds 對(duì)政府資金流失一事的調(diào)查.
4 act of probing 探查; 探測(cè); 調(diào)查. probe, v
1 [Tn] explore or examine (sth) with or as if with a probe(1) （用或似用探針等）探查, 探測(cè)
He probed the swelling anxiously with his finger. 他很擔(dān)心地用手指觸摸腫處.
Searchlights probed the night sky. 探照燈探查夜空.
2 [I, Ipr, Tn]
~ (into sth) investigate or examine (sth) closely 細(xì)查, 探究（某事物）
The journalist was probing into several financial scandals. 那記者正在調(diào)查幾起財(cái)務(wù)丑事.
She tried to probe his mind to find out what he was thinking. 她想深入了解他的思想, 好知道他在想什麼. probing adj intended to discover the truth; searching 追根究底的; 探索的
He was asking probing questions. 他提出了一些盤(pán)根究底的問(wèn)題.