prise
verb🔊/praɪz/
🔊/praɪz/
(especially British English) (North American English prize)
(also pry especially in North American English)
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they prise | 🔊/praɪz/ 🔊/praɪz/ |
| he / she / it prises | 🔊/ˈpraɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈpraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple prised | 🔊/praɪzd/ 🔊/praɪzd/ |
| past participle prised | 🔊/praɪzd/ 🔊/praɪzd/ |
| -ing form prising | 🔊/ˈpraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈpraɪzɪŋ/ |
to use force to separate something from something else 强行使分开；撬开 - prise something + adv./prep.
He prised her fingers from the bag and took it from her. 他掰开她的手指，把她手中的袋子抢走了。 🔊🔊 - prise something + adj.
She used a knife to prise open the lid. 她用刀把盖子撬开了。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesHe prised off the lid. 他把盖子掉了。 See if you can pry the lid off. 试试看能不能把盖子撬下来。 You will need to prise the old light socket out of the wall. 您需要将旧的电灯插座从墙上撬出来。 I gently prised her fingers loose. 我轻轻地抚摸她的手指。 She tried to prise open the door. 她试图撬开门。 I prised my wrist free. 我无视手腕。 I tried to pry his hands off the box. 我试图从盒子上撬开他的手。
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from dialect prise ‘lever’, from Old French prise ‘grasp, taking hold’. Compare with pry sense (2).- prise something + adv./prep.