prize
US: /ˈpɹaɪz/
UK: /pɹˈaɪz/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
prize /prize/- danh từ
- giải thưởng, phầm thưởng
- the International Lenin Peace Prize: giải thưởng quốc tế hoà bình Lê-nin
- to carry off the prize: giật giải, đoạt giải
- (nghĩa bóng) điều mong ước, ước vọng
- the prizes of life: những ước vọng của cuộc đời
- giải xổ số; số trúng
- (định ngữ) được giải, chiếm giải
- prize ox: con bò được giải
- (định ngữ), (mỉa mai) đại hạng, cực
- a prize idiot: thằng ngốc đại hạng
- giải thưởng, phầm thưởng
- ngoại động từ
- đánh giá cao, quý
- to liberty more than life: quý tự do hơn sinh mệnh
- đánh giá cao, quý
- danh từ
- chiến lợi phẩm (tàu bè, tài sản...)
- to make prize of...: tịch thu (tàu bè, tài sản... ở biển) làm chiến lợi phẩm
- to become prize: bị bắt, bị tịch thu làm chiến lợi phẩm
- (nghĩa bóng) của trời ơi, của bắt được
- chiến lợi phẩm (tàu bè, tài sản...)
- ngoại động từ ((cũng) pry)
- tịch thu (tàu bè, tài sản... ở biển) làm chiến lợi phẩm
- tịch thu (tàu bè, tài sản... ở biển) làm chiến lợi phẩm
- danh từ ((cũng) prise)
- sự nạy, sự bẩy (bằng đòn bẩy)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đòn bẩy
- ngoại động từ ((cũng) prise)
- nạy, bẩy lên
- to prize open a box: nạy tung cái hộp ra
- to prize up the cover: bẩy cái nắp lên
- nạy, bẩy lên
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective, verb+ noun
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. + There are no prizes for guessing (= it is very easy to guess) who she was with. + I won £400 in prize money. + Win a car in our grand prize draw!
See also -
2 something very important or valuable that is difficult to achieve or obtain: World peace is the greatest prize of all.
+ adjective [only before noun]
1 (especially of an animal, a flower or a vegetable) good enough to win a prize in a competition: prize cattle / blooms
2 being a very good example of its kind: a prize pupil / student + a prize example + He's a prize specimen of the human race! + (informal) She's a prize idiot (= very silly).
+ verb [VN]
1 [usually passive] ~ sth (for sth) to value sth highly
Synonym: TREASURE
an era when honesty was prized above all other virtues + Oil of cedarwood is highly prized for its use in medicine and perfumery.
2 (AmE) = PRISE
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 reward, award, trophy, premium; honour, accolade, Literary guerdon:
The first prize was a week's holiday in the Bahamas.
2 winnings, jackpot, purse, receipts, gain, windfall, stakes, Colloq haul, Chiefly US take:
He used his prize from winning the lottery to buy a new car.
3 aim, goal:
The prize they all strove for was a grant to carry on lexicographic research.
4 loot, booty, spoil(s), trophy, plunder, pickings:
The pirates took the galleon as their prize.
adj.
5 choice, excellent, (prize)winning, best, champion, outstanding, select, superior, superlative, first-rate:
This dairy owns a prize herd of Guernseys.
v.
value, treasure, esteem, cherish, appreciate, rate highly, hold dear:
I prize your friendship above all things.
Collocation
ADJ.
big, great, prestigious | special | coveted
She was the first woman to win this coveted prize.
| glittering
He strove for the glittering prizes of politics.
| first, top | runner-up, second | consolation | booby
The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition.
| cash, money
VERB + PRIZE
award (sb), give (sb) | present
The prize was presented by the mayor.
| get, receive, take, win | accept
PRIZE + VERB
go to sb/sth
The prize went to the grey long-haired cat.
| be worth sth
a prize worth over £3,000
PRIZE + NOUN
winner
(also
prizewinner
)
| money | draw
PREP.
~ for
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
PREP.
above
a precious thing to be prized above all else
| as
The library is prized as the finest of its kind in England.
| for
The berries are prized for their healing properties.
PHRASES
highly/much prized
two fruits that are much prized in Madeira
Concise dictionary
prizes|prized|prizingpraɪznoun
+something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
+goods or money obtained illegally
+something given as a token of victory
verb
+hold dear
+to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
+regard highly; think much of
adj.
+of superior grade