英语词汇“prise”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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prise (BrE)

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	prise (BrE)
	he, she, it	prises (BrE)
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	prised (BrE)
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have prised (BrE)
	he, she, it	has prised (BrE)
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had prised (BrE)
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will prise
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have prised (BrE)

Continuous Form
Present	I	am prising (BrE)
	he, she, it	is prising (BrE)
	you, we, they	are prising (BrE)
Past	I, he, she, it	was prising (BrE)
	you, we, they	were prising (BrE)
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been prising (BrE)
	he, she, it	has been prising (BrE)
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been prising (BrE)
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be prising (BrE)
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been prising (BrE)

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A door had been prised open.
A soldier prised a small silver flask from the dead man's hand and passed it to Colonel Voss.
Bernice could see Thomas trying to prise his hands apart, but his broken arm proved to be a burden.
Crawling round on your hands and knees, prising up brick ends.
He'd need that to prise out the nail that pinned his cat over the door.
He prised open Ruthven's mouth.
He prised the sealed top open and found army uniforms, with no insignia marks on them.
It ain't five minutes since I finally prised you off the end of my bed, now you're back.

Longman Language Activatorto open a door, window, box etc► open

· It's very hot in here. Do you mind if I open the window?· The drawer's locked - you need a key to open it.open something wide · He opened the door wide, and gestured for me to come in.

► unlock

to turn the a key in the lock on a door, drawer, cupboard etc so that you can open it: · Unlock the door! We can't get out!· Which of these keys unlocks the safe?· "Come and see", Jo said, unlocking a huge iron gate.

► force open

to open a drawer, window, cupboard etc by using force, often with a tool: force something/it open: · The door's stuck - we'll have to force it open.force open something: · The burglars had forced open the window with an iron bar.· It looked as though the shed had been forced open.

► break open

to open a container by using force, so that it is damaged: break open something: · We managed to break open the crate with an axe.break something/it/them open: · There's no key for the suitcase - we'll have to break it open.· Gulls carry shellfish into the air, then drop them onto hard surfaces to break them open.

► prise open

British /pry open American to open something by forcing one part of it away from the other part, using a tool: prise something/it/them open: · All the flats were boarded up, but we managed to prise a few boards open.prise open something: · Laura leaned forward to pry open the crate.prise the lid off (=remove the lid to open it): · I picked up the coffee tin and, using a knife, prised the lid off.

► try

to try to open a door or window in order to see if it is locked: · I knocked, then tried the door. It was open, but the room was empty.· I went around the back to try the windows, but they were all locked.

► break down

to completely break a locked door in order to get into a room or building: break down something: · Firemen had to break the door down.break something/it down: · Open the door now or we'll break it down!

► wind down/roll down

British to open a car window, especially by turning a handle: wind/roll down something: · The driver wound down his window and asked us the way to the stadium.wind/roll something down: · Mom, will you roll your window down a little please?

► open up

spoken use this to tell someone to open a door: · Open up - it's the police!

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► off

· The coffin was put on top of the pyre and the lid prised off.· So I have to prise off the foe unassisted, which, believe me, takes some doing.· Hold the new panel in place and mark for cutting 3 Carefully prise off the end battens.· A crowbar may help to prise off the wall brackets.· They're such a cinch to prise off, and the clothes are only slightly damaged.· I prised off a scab and gave it the tongue test.

► open

· Jack went back to the car for a screwdriver with which he prised open a rotting window.· Cornelius prised open the locks and lifted the lid.· A passing farmer said he was strong enough to prise open the bars with his bare hands.· The assassin prised open the lever on the shutters, entered and committed the crime.

► out

· He'd need that to prise out the nail that pinned his cat over the door.· He began tearing off the old, almost ragged, tapestry and prising out tacks.

VERB► try

· Bernice could see Thomas trying to prise his hands apart, but his broken arm proved to be a burden.· The First Officer tried to prise Joe's fingers away from the stick.· He tried to prise himself off the chair, as the figure moved towards him.· I kept trying to prise them up hoping that some one in the past would have hidden treasure underneath.