- UID
- 35199
- 斋米
-
- 斋豆
-
- 回帖
- 0
- 积分
- 1829
- 在线时间
- 小时
- 注册时间
- 2012-10-28
- 最后登录
- 1970-1-1
|
话说楼主正在看明天的实验要怎么做。。突然脑子里闪过两个单词prone 和probe
( }( W) N5 g! |( J
& R6 O2 O/ ?2 |! l* }2 m% _prone$ u( i0 y( I _! k/ L: ~
% q9 k2 k( d w3 t adjective
9 R* y- q5 J! _7 x- v ~ to sth / to do sth likely to suffer from sth or to do sth bad( o* _4 ~5 |1 z3 ~0 ^
Synonym: LIABLE& S, \2 U B$ p! J$ u9 P; `* [9 ~
prone to infection / injury ◆ Working without a break makes you more prone to error. ◆ Tired drivers were found to be particularly prone to ignore warning signs.
K7 @+ h# a2 Q (-prone) (in adjectives) likely to suffer or do the thing mentioned: error-prone ◆ injury-prone
/ ~! e- } Y4 h% J# R, ySee also ACCIDENT-PRONE0 L. ^5 B4 b- v/ d
(formal) lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground$ y% S2 N6 Z: n, W/ p8 ]
Synonym: PROSTRATE+ Y( J- F$ L! `
The victim lay prone without moving. ◆ He was found lying in a prone position., s; ]1 b F6 M- Q# S2 }6 h& |
Compare: SUPINE
6 k2 J5 v( h6 p- a* ], aproneness noun [U]: proneness to depression / injury
' D6 Q( z8 Q( @/ h: k; l" q4 _1 b* ?5 {' a4 |
6 ~( _. K% z7 z( `" j/ L
7 X. K3 E+ |* r7 t% w6 kprobe
2 N" q& c% f w/ }2 \: X% m+ b& G+ @- x" x) l1 N5 b# d
verb, noun; v7 {% v( C, u
verb
3 y) p. N8 j% t/ {7 X ~ (into sth) to ask questions in order to find out secret or hidden information about sb/sth: [V] He didn't like the media probing into his past. ◆ [VN] a TV programme that probed government scandals in the 1990s [also V speech]
$ C- D/ U1 r& i/ ~- t7 P; O* w( ` [VN] to touch, examine or look for sth, especially with a long thin instrument: The doctor probed the wound for signs of infection. ◆ Searchlights probed the night sky.* u1 O" Y- Q$ H& _3 }; [/ J9 K& m
noun
, L' u+ \; X! [. G ~ (into sth) (used especially in newspapers) a thorough and careful investigation of sth: a police probe into the financial affairs of the company ◆ Arson probe after three die at home.% X! J6 p) R' O
(also space probe) a spacecraft without people on board which obtains information and sends it back to earth
9 B3 p2 z+ d) z( H' s7 ~% Z3 w (technical) a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body& M) k; W4 Q- x& o1 f8 [6 F& W
(technical) a small device put inside sth and used by scientists to test sth or record information |
|