English Dictionary

probe

/pɹəʊb/

noun

(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. / (figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.

The probe collected valuable data from the surface of Mars.

意味（1）

(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.

意味（3）

An act of probing; a prod, a poke.

意味（4）

(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.

They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

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(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.

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(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.

Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.

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(astronautics) A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.

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(game of Go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy

意味（9）

(biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure