probe

プローブ、探針

物の中に入れたり表面に当てたりして測定や検査をする小さな装置。

やさしい英語で： A small device placed inside or against something to measure or examine it.

• Put the probe in the soil.
• The probe measures the water temperature.
• The technician replaced two faulty probes.

類義語： sensor

よく使う表現： temperature probe, soil probe, electrical probe

宇宙探査機

宇宙や惑星、衛星について情報を集める無人の宇宙船。

やさしい英語で： A spacecraft without people that gathers information about space, planets, or moons.

• The probe reached Mars.
• Scientists launched a probe to study the moon.
• Two probes sent back pictures of the planet.

よく使う表現： space probe, lunar probe, launch a probe

探針、ゾンデ

傷や体の一部の内部を調べるための細い医療器具。

やさしい英語で： A thin medical tool used to examine inside a wound or part of the body.

• The doctor used a thin probe.
• A sterile probe was inserted into the wound.
• The surgeon checked the tissue with a probe.

よく使う表現： surgical probe, sterile probe, insert a probe

調査する、探る

隠れた情報を見つけるため、詳しく調べたり質問したりする。

やさしい英語で： To examine something closely or ask questions to discover hidden information.

• Police will probe the case.
• She probed deeper into his reasons for leaving.
• The reporter is probing allegations of corruption.

使い方： probe into something (Investigators probed into the missing money.)

類義語： investigate, examine, look into

よく使う表現： probe into something, probe the cause, probe more deeply

探針で調べる

細い器具を差し込んで、内部を調べる。

やさしい英語で： To examine inside something by putting a thin tool into it.

• The doctor probed the wound.
• She carefully probed the hole with a metal tool.
• The surgeon probed the cavity for damaged tissue.

使い方： probe something with something (The doctor probed the wound with a sterile instrument.)

よく使う表現： probe a wound, probe the cavity, gently probe something