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单词 prize
释义 prize
1.
n. & v.
--n
  1. something that can be won in a competition or lottery etc.
  2. a reward given as a symbol of victory or superiority.
  3. something striven for or worth striving for (missed all the great prizes of life).
  4. (attrib.) a to which a prize is awarded (a prize bull; a prize poem). b supremely excellent or outstanding of its kind.
--vtr. value highly (a much prized possession).
Phrases and idioms
prize-giving an award of prizes, esp. formally at a school etc. prize-money money offered as a prize. prize-ring
  1. an enclosed area (now usu. a square) for prizefighting.
  2. the practice of prizefighting.
Etymology: (n.) ME, var. of PRICE: (v.) ME f. OF pris- stem of preisier PRAISE
2.
n. & v.
--n
  1. a ship or property captured in naval warfare.
  2. a find or windfall.
--vtr. make a prize of.
Phrases and idioms
prize-court a department of an admiralty court concerned with prizes.
Etymology: ME f. OF prise taking, booty, fem. past part. of prendre f. L prehendere prehens- seize: later identified with PRIZE(1)
3.
var. of PRISE.
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