probe

sonda

Dispositivo pequeño que se introduce en algo o se pone en contacto con ello para medirlo o examinarlo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: sensor

Expresiones frecuentes: temperature probe, soil probe, electrical probe

sonda espacial

Nave sin tripulación que recoge información sobre el espacio, los planetas o sus lunas.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: space probe, lunar probe, launch a probe

sonda

Instrumento médico delgado que permite examinar el interior de una herida o de una parte del cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: surgical probe, sterile probe, insert a probe

investigar, indagar

Examinar algo con atención o hacer preguntas para descubrir información oculta.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: probe into something (Investigators probed into the missing money.)

Sinónimos: investigate, examine, look into

Expresiones frecuentes: probe into something, probe the cause, probe more deeply

sondear, explorar

Examinar el interior de algo introduciendo un instrumento delgado.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: probe something with something (The doctor probed the wound with a sterile instrument.)

Expresiones frecuentes: probe a wound, probe the cavity, gently probe something