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獎賞,獎金,獎品,戰利品,捕獲,橫財得獎的珍視,估價,捕獲,撬,撬動
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Prize \Prize\, v. t.
To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry. [Written
also {prise}.]
Prize \Prize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prized}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Prizing}.] [F. priser, OF. prisier, preisier, fr. L.
pretiare, fr. pretium worth, value, price. See {Price}, and
cf. {Praise}.] [Formerly written also {prise}. ]
1. To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to
rate.
A goodly price that I was prized at. --Zech. xi.
13.
I prize it [life] not a straw, but for mine honor.
--Shak.
2. To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to
esteem. ``[I] do love, prize, honor you. '' --Shak.
I prized your person, but your crown disdain.
--Dryden.
Prize \Prize\, n. [F. prise a seizing, hold, grasp, fr. pris, p.
p. of prendre to take, L. prendere, prehendere; in some
senses, as 2
(b), either from, or influenced by, F. prix price. See
{Prison}, {Prehensile}, and cf. {Pry}, and also {Price}.]
1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a
thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
I will depart my pris, or may prey, by deliberation.
--Chaucer.
His own prize, Whom formerly he had in battle won.
--Spenser.
2. Hence, specifically;
(a) (Law) Anything captured by a belligerent using the
rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in
virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. --Kent.
--Brande & C.
(b) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive
contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an
inducement to, or reward of, effort.
I'll never wrestle for prize more. --Shak.
I fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize.
--Dryden.
(c) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
3. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or
in prospect.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus. --Phil. iii.
14.
4. A contest for a reward; competition. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. [Written also
{prise}.]
{Prize court}, a court having jurisdiction of all captures
made in war on the high seas. --Bouvier.
{Prize fight}, an exhibition contest, esp. one of pugilists,
for a stake or wager.
{Prize fighter}, one who fights publicly for a reward; --
applied esp. to a professional boxer or pugilist. --Pope.
{Prize fighting}, fighting, especially boxing, in public for
a reward or wager.
{Prize master}, an officer put in charge or command of a
captured vessel.
{Prize medal}, a medal given as a prize.
{Prize money}, a dividend from the proceeds of a captured
vessel, etc., paid to the captors.
{Prize ring}, the ring or inclosure for a prize fight; the
system and practice of prize fighting.
{To make prize of}, to capture. --Hawthorne.
Prize \Prize\, n. [F. prix price. See 3d {Prize}. ]
Estimation; valuation. [Obs.] --Shak.
資料來源 : WordNet®
prize
adj : of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize
carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: {choice},
{prime(a)}, {quality}, {select}]
prize
n 1: something given for victory or superiority in a contest or
competition or for winning a lottery; "the prize was a
free trip to Europe" [syn: {award}]
2: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: {loot}, {booty}, {pillage},
{plunder}, {swag}, {dirty money}]
3: something given as a token of victory [syn: {trophy}]
prize
v 1: hold dear; "I prize these old photographs" [syn: {value}, {treasure},
{appreciate}]
2: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something
open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to
pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: {pry}, {prise}, {lever},
{jimmy}]
3: regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We
prize his creativity" [syn: {respect}, {esteem}, {value},
{prise}] [ant: {disrespect}, {disrespect}]