prise
verb (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 | |
| he / she / it prises | |
| past simple prised | |
| past participle prised | |
| -ing form prising |
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 ExamplesHe 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。
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from dialect prise ‘lever’, from Old French prise ‘grasp, taking hold’. Compare with pry sense (2).- prise something + adv./prep.