prize
prize 英 [praɪz] 美 [praɪz]
n. 奖品；奖赏； vt. 褒奖 adj. 获奖的
进行时:prizing 过去式:prized 过去分词:prized 第三人称单数:prizes 名词复数:prizes
- A prize is the reward or recognition a winner gets. When you win first prize in your state spelling bee, you might get a medal and a trip to the national competition in Washington, DC.
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- n. 奖品；奖赏；
- vt. 褒奖
- adj. 获奖的
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1. She was awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
她获颁诺贝尔和平奖。
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2. He won first prize.
他获得一等奖。
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3. I won £500 in prize money.
我获得了 500 英镑的奖金。
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4. prize cattle
能获奖的牛
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5. a prize student
一个受褒奖的学生
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6. World peace is the greatest prize of all.
世界和平是最重要的褒奖。
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7. Honesty was prized above all other virtues
诚实为美德之首
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8. This oil is highly prized for its use in perfumery.
此油可用于制香水，因此十分珍贵。
- prize (n.1) "reward," prise (c. 1300 in this sense), from Old French pris "price, value, worth; reward" (see price (n.)). As an adjective, "worthy of a prize," from 1803. The spelling with -z- is from late 16c. Prize-fighter is from 1703; prize-fight from 1730 (prize-fighter from 1785).
- prize (n.2) "something taken by force," mid-13c., prise "a taking, holding," from Old French prise "a taking, seizing, holding," noun use of fem. past participle of prendre "to take, seize," from Latin prendere, contraction of prehendere "lay hold of, grasp, seize, catch" (from prae- "before," see pre-, + -hendere, from PIE root *ghend- "to seize, take"). Especially of ships captured at sea (1510s). The spelling with -z- is from late 16c.
- prize (v.) "to estimate," 1580s, alteration of Middle English prisen "to prize, value" (late 14c.), from stem of Old French preisier "to praise" (see praise (v.)). Related: Prized; prizing.
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