explore: [16] Etymologically, to explore is to look for something by shouting. The word comes ultimately from Latin explorare ‘investigate’, which was based on the verb plorare ‘wail, cry out’ (source also of English deplore [16] and implore [16]), and it is thought that the word’s original scenario may have been hunters shouting to flush out (Latin ex- ‘out’) their quarry. => deplore, implore
explore (v.)
1580s, "to investigate, examine," a back-formation from exploration, or else from Middle French explorer (16c.), from Latin explorare "investigate, search out, examine, explore," said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "set up a loud cry," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + plorare "to weep, cry." Compare deplore. Second element also is explained as "to make to flow," from pluere "to flow." Meaning "to go to a country or place in quest of discoveries" is first attested 1610s. Related: Explored; exploring.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. I would creep in and with stealthy footsteps explore the second-floor.
我會(huì)偷偷溜進(jìn)去，輕手輕腳地查看一下二樓。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The two hotel-restaurants are attractive bases from which to explore southeast Tuscany.