The invention provides a preparation method of a multifunctional probe for tumor thermotherapy as a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent. The preparation method of the multifunctional probe comprises the following steps: dropwise adding the solution of sodium diethyldithiocarbamate of water into the solution of a copper compound in water, stirring to obtain a blackish brown precipitate which is diethyl dithio amino copper, and drying the precipitate in vacuum; adding a diethyl dithio amino copper containing solution of oleylamine into hot oleylamine, introducing nitrogen into the mixture, heating the mixture, stirring, cooling to room temperature, washing, centrifuging, dispersing into a stabilizer, and evaporating in a rotating way; adding a surfactant, stirring, and filtering to obtain a transparent blackish green solution; adding ethanol into the blackish green solution, oscillating ultrasonically, stirring, adding an alkali, a silicon source and a magnetic compound, and stirring to form nanoparticles in core-shell structures. The probe heats tissues by adopting the heat effect generated in the tissues of a human body by a variety of physical energy such as microwaves, radio frequency and ultrasonic waves to accelerate the death of tumour cells, and the probe can be used as the magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent.