English Dictionary

pry

/pɹaɪ/

verb

To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize. / (figuratively) Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.

He used a crowbar to pry open the door.

意味（1）

To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.

Oh! he's going home to Down East, said another; so far eastward, you know, shippy, that they have to pry up the sun with a handspike.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.