探tànⅠ ❶ （试图发现） try to find out; explore; sound: ～ 路 explore the way; 勘 ～ 石油 explore [prospect] for oil; 试 ～ 他人的意图 sound sb. out on [about] a question; feel sb.'s pulse
❷ （看望） call on; visit; see: ～ 病号 visit a sick person
❸ （向前伸出） stretch forward; stick out: ～ 出头去 pop out one's head; stick one's head out; poke one's head; 行车时 ～ 身窗外是危险的。 It is dangerous to lean out of the window while the bus is in motion.
❹ [方] （过问） inquire; bother about: 爱 ～ 闲事 take an interest in other people's business; like to poke one's nose into other people's affairs Ⅱ （做侦察工作的人） detective; scout; spy: 密 ～ secret agent; spy; 侦 ～ detective; spy
◆探测 survey; search; sound; probe; sounding; detection; acquisition; reconnaissance; localization; finding; exploring; probing; 探测器 finder; detector; seeker; sounder; probe; 探查 search; expedition; 探察针 exploring needle; 探尺 stock rod; trial rod; 探筹取决 decide by drawing lots; 探磁针 magnetic probe; 探端知绪 investigate the beginning and know the end; 探访 seek by inquiry or search; call on; visit; pay a visit to; 探戈（舞） tango; 探海 creeping; 探花 number three in national civil examinations (in feudal China); 探监 visit a prisoner; 探井 test pit; pique; open test pit; manhole; prospect pit; exploratory well; 探究 exploration; make a thorough inquiry; probe into; investigate thoroughly; 探孔 hand- hole; manhole; 探矿 go prospecting; prospect; prospection; 探雷 mine hunting; mine detection; detect a mine; 探雷声纳 mine avoidance sonar; mine detecting sonar; mine detecting sonar set; 探骊得珠 Under the black dragon's jaw one acquired a pearl — one grasped the theme.; bring out the best.; writing which brings out important points from a mass of facts; 探漏器 leak detector; 探漏水器 dectaphone; 探明 ascertain; verify; 探囊取物 like taking sth. out of one's pocket; achieve one's aim easily; as easy as fall￣ ing off a log; as easy as picking one's own pocket; as easy as winking; delve into pocket to fish out sth. — easy thing to do; things which one can readily lay hands on; the little effort needed to produce the results; 探骑四出 Mounted spies are on every side.; 探亲 go home to visit one's family or go to visit one's relatives; 探亲访友 visit [look up; meet] one's relatives and friends; pay a visit to relatives and friends; 探求 seek; pursue; search after [for]; hunting; look-up; 探伤 {冶} flaw detection; detection of defects; fault localization; crack detection; 探视 visit; 探索 explore; probe; exploration; searching探索性预测 exploratory forecasting |