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单词 prize
释义

prize

UK /praɪz/

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    good enough to deserve or win a prize

    prize turkeys/roses/courgettes

    Synonyms and related words

    Extremely good or of a high quality
  2. 2
    very important or valuable

    a prize asset/witness/possession

    Synonyms and related words

    Worth a lot of money
    Synonyms and related words

    Important

prize

US /praɪz/

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    good enough to deserve or win a prize

    prize turkeys/roses/recipes

    Synonyms and related words

    Extremely good or of a high quality
  2. 2
    very important or valuable

    a prize asset/witness/possession

    Synonyms and related words

    Worth a lot of money
    Synonyms and related words

    Important

prize

UK /praɪz/

Word Forms

singularprize
pluralprizes

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    a reward that you get for being successful in a sport, competition, or game, or for being better than others at something. Someone who has won a prize is called a prize winner

    the Nobel Prize for chemistry

    Previous winners of the prize have been Quincy Jones and Dizzy Gillespie.

    win a prize:

    There’s a chance to win a prize if you can answer this question.

    award a prize:

    The prize is awarded annually to an individual or group of people.

    first/second/third prize (=the prize given to the person who is first, second, or third in a competition):

    Instead of winning first prize, Norman finished fourth.

    Synonyms and related words

    Medals and prizes for winners of competitions and races
    Synonyms and related words

    Prizes and honours for other achievements
    1. 1a
      only before nounrelating to a prize

      this month’s prize draw

      The golf tournament offers $6.2 million in prize money.

      Synonyms and related words

      Medals and prizes for winners of competitions and races
  2. 2
    something very important that you try very hard to get

    the prize of freedom/peace

    Synonyms and related words

    Important thing or detail
  3. 3

    no prizes for guessing

    a phrase which is used to show that something is quite evident
    No prizes for guessing which choice the politicians will make for us.
    Submitted by:
    Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 02/03/2016

prize

UK /praɪz/

another spelling of prise

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prize

US /praɪz/

Word Forms

singularprize
pluralprizes

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    a reward that you get for being successful in a sport, competition, or game, or for being better than others at something. Someone who has won a prize is called a prize winner

    the Nobel Prize for chemistry

    Previous winners of the prize have been Quincy Jones and Dizzy Gillespie.

    win a prize:

    There’s a chance to win a prize if you can answer this question.

    first/second/third prize (=the prize given to the person who is first, second, or third in a competition):

    Instead of winning first prize, Norman finished fourth.

    award a prize:

    The prize is awarded annually to an individual or group of people.

    Synonyms and related words

    Medals and prizes for winners of competitions and races
    Synonyms and related words

    Prizes and honors for other achievements
    1. 1a
      only before nounrelating to a prize

      this month’s prize draw

      The golf tournament offers $6.2 million in prize money.

      Synonyms and related words

      Medals and prizes for winners of competitions and races
  2. 2
    something very important that you try very hard to get

    the prize of freedom/peace

    Synonyms and related words

    Important thing or detail
  3. 3

    no prizes for guessing

    a phrase which is used to show that something is quite evident
    No prizes for guessing which choice the politicians will make for us.
    Submitted by:
    Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 02/03/2016

prize

UK /praɪz/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theyprize
he/she/itprizes
present participleprizing
past tenseprized
past participleprized

DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    to consider something to be very important and special
    Synonyms and related words

    To value something or someone

prize

US /praɪz/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theyprize
he/she/itprizes
present participleprizing
past tenseprized
past participleprized

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    to consider something to be very important and special

    You threw away all those old magazines I prize so much!

    Synonyms and related words

    To value something or someone
  2. 2
    to force two things apart
    prize something off/apart/open:

    She prized the lid off the can with a screwdriver.

    Synonyms and related words

    To separate something from something else

phrasal verbs

prize out of
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