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 Examples- 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.
您需要将旧电灯插座从墙上撬出来。 - I gently prised her fingers loose.
我轻轻地松开她的手指。 - She tried to prise open the door.
她试图撬开门。 - I prised my wrist free.
我珍惜我的手腕。 - I tried to pry his hands off the box.
我试图把他的手从盒子上撬开。
Word Originlate 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.