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单词 prize
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prize

noun
 
/praɪz/
/praɪz/
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  1.  
     an award that is given to a person who wins a competition, race, etc. or who does very good work
    • She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
    • He won first prize in the woodwind section.
    • The prize went to the grey long-haired cat.
    • prize for something She has received numerous prizes for her work.
    • prize for doing something There are no prizes for guessing (= it is very easy to guess) who she was with.
    • a cash prize of $5 000
    • The grand prize is a family trip to Hawaii.
    • His film took the top prize at Cannes last year.
    • I won £500 in prize money.
    • a prize fund of £20 000
    • Win a car in our prize draw!
    see also booby prize, consolation prize, door prize, Nobel Prize
    Wordfinder
    • closing date
    • competition
    • disqualify
    • judge
    • prize
    • round
    • runner-up
    • submit
    • tiebreaker
    • winner
    Extra Examples
    • She was the first woman to win this coveted prize.
    • The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition.
    • The prize was presented by the mayor.
    • a prize worth over $3 000
    • prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine
    • They said the teenager was a worthy winner of the prize.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • great
    • prestigious
    • …
    verb + prize
    • award (somebody)
    • give (somebody)
    • offer
    • …
    prize + verb
    • go to somebody/​something
    • be worth something
    • total something
    • …
    prize + noun
    • winner
    • money
    • competition
    • …
    preposition
    • prize for
    • prize in
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  2. something very important or valuable that is difficult to achieve or obtain
    • World peace is the greatest prize of all.
    • The presidency is the ultimate prize.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • great
    • prestigious
    • …
    verb + prize
    • award (somebody)
    • give (somebody)
    • offer
    • …
    prize + verb
    • go to somebody/​something
    • be worth something
    • total something
    • …
    prize + noun
    • winner
    • money
    • competition
    • …
    preposition
    • prize for
    • prize in
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    3. Word OriginMiddle English: the noun, a variant of price; the verb (originally in the sense ‘estimate the value of’) from Old French pris-, stem of preisier ‘to praise, appraise’, from late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium ‘price’.

prize

adjective
/praɪz/
/praɪz/
[only before noun]
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  1. (especially of an animal, a flower or a vegetable) good enough to win a prize in a competition
    • prize cattle
  2. being a very good example of its kind
    • a prize student
    • He's a prize specimen of the human race!
    • (informal) She's a prize idiot (= very silly).
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: the noun, a variant of price; the verb (originally in the sense ‘estimate the value of’) from Old French pris-, stem of preisier ‘to praise, appraise’, from late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium ‘price’.

prize

verb
/praɪz/
/praɪz/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they prize
/praɪz/
/praɪz/
he / she / it prizes
/ˈpraɪzɪz/
/ˈpraɪzɪz/
past simple prized
/praɪzd/
/praɪzd/
past participle prized
/praɪzd/
/praɪzd/
-ing form prizing
/ˈpraɪzɪŋ/
/ˈpraɪzɪŋ/
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  1. [usually passive] to value something highly synonym treasure
    • prize something an era when honesty was prized above all other virtues
    • prize something for something Oil of cedarwood is highly prized for its use in perfumery.
    Extra Examples
    • The berries are prized for their healing properties.
    • The library is prized as the finest of its kind in England.
    • a precious thing to be prized above all else
    • two fruits that are much prized on the island
    Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition
    • above
    • as
    • for
    • …
    phrases
    • highly prized
    • much prized
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  2. (North American English)
    (also prise especially in British English)
    (also pry especially in North American English)
    to use force to separate something from something else
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: the noun, a variant of price; the verb (originally in the sense ‘estimate the value of’) from Old French pris-, stem of preisier ‘to praise, appraise’, from late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium ‘price’.
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