pry

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pry [pry pries pried prying] BrE [praɪ] NAmE [praɪ] verb (pries, pry·ing, pried, priedBrE [praɪd] ; NAmE [praɪd] )
1. intransitive ~ (into sth) to try to find out information about other people's private lives in a way that is annoying or rude
•I'm sick of you prying into my personal life!
•I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry.
•She tried to keep the children away from the prying eyes of the world's media.
2. (especially NAmE) = ↑prise
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
sense 1 Middle English ‘peer inquisitively’ sense 2 early 19th cent. ↑prise pries

Example Bank:
•I'm sorry— I didn't mean to pry.
•I tried to pry his hands off the box.
•I'm sick of you prying into my personal life!
•See if you can pry the lid off.
•She tried to keep the children away from the prying eyes of the world's media.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crowbar, wrecking bar, pry bar, prise, intrude, horn in, nose, poke, prize, lever, jimmy