1designed to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know 探究的;追根究底的
probing questions
盘根究底的问题
2watching carefully and intelligently 〔观察〕专注敏锐的;仔细观察的
his probing eyes
他专注探究的眼神
—probinglyadverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
probing• Consequently, his statements about the patronage of Piero's works are generally more probing and trustworthy.• Ought she have said yes to his offer of a date, accepted the challenge in those probingblue eyes?• They circled each other, making probing moves.• She had evaded every probing question on that subject.• She wanted no probing questions from Alain.• He handled the many questions in masterlyfashion, particularly the probing questions from Cocello.• No brightfuture Stephanie Nettell controlled her over-large panel well, asking probing questions to lead them on their way.• Her mouth opened of its own free will to his playfully probingtongue, welcoming the invader.