explore
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ɪkˈsplɔː/
美 /ɪkˈsploɹ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
— Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.
动词 v.
- To seek for something or after someone.
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To examine or investigate something systematically.
— The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.
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To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
— It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.
- To examine diagnostically.
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To (seek) experience first hand.
— It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.
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To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
— He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.
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To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
— The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.
- To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Latin plōrō
Latin explōrōder.
Middle French explorerder.
English explore
From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Latin plōrō
Latin explōrōder.
Middle French explorerder.
English explore
From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Latin plōrō
Latin explōrōder.
Middle French explorerder.
English explore
From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Latin plōrō
Latin explōrōder.
Middle French explorerder.
English explore
From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).
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