prise
verb /praɪz/
/praɪz/
(especially British English) (North American English prize)
(also pry especially in North American English)
动词形式
Phrasal Verbspresent 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。
- He prised off the lid.
他撬开了盖子。 - 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.
你需要把旧灯座从墙上撬出来。 - I gently prised her fingers loose.
我轻轻地撬开她的手指。 - She tried to prise open the door.
她试图撬开门。 - I prised my wrist free.
我撬开了手腕。 - I tried to pry his hands off the box.
我试图撬开他的手。
词源late 17th cent.: from dialect prise ‘lever’, from Old French prise ‘grasp, taking hold’. Compare with pry sense (2). - prise something + adv./prep. He prised her fingers from the bag and took it from her.