以下の文もTHE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINNのからの一節です。
Betwixt the hut and the fence, on the back side, was a lean-to that joined the hut at the eaves, and was made out of plank. It was as long as the hut, but narrow -- only about six foot wide. The door to it was at the south end, and was padlocked. Tom he went to the soap-kettle and searched around, and fetched back the iron thing they lift the lid with; so he took it and prized out one of the staples.
"prize" だと賞に関係する意味しか知りません。上の文の "prize out" は賞とは無縁の意味なので辞書を引きます。
・OneLook Quick Definitions: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
・Compact Oxford English Dictionary: use force in order to open or move apart. 2 (prise out of/from) obtain (something) from (someone) with effort or difficulty.
・Macmillan Dictionary: to force two things apart; prize something off/apart/open: She prized the lid off the can with a screwdriver.
なるほど、"prize" に "pry" と同じ様な意味があるのですね。
Betwixt the hut and the fence, on the back side, was a lean-to that joined the hut at the eaves, and was made out of plank. It was as long as the hut, but narrow -- only about six foot wide. The door to it was at the south end, and was padlocked. Tom he went to the soap-kettle and searched around, and fetched back the iron thing they lift the lid with; so he took it and prized out one of the staples.
"prize" だと賞に関係する意味しか知りません。上の文の "prize out" は賞とは無縁の意味なので辞書を引きます。
・OneLook Quick Definitions: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
・Compact Oxford English Dictionary: use force in order to open or move apart. 2 (prise out of/from) obtain (something) from (someone) with effort or difficulty.
・Macmillan Dictionary: to force two things apart; prize something off/apart/open: She prized the lid off the can with a screwdriver.
なるほど、"prize" に "pry" と同じ様な意味があるのですね。
P.S. prize (USA), prise (UK) ORIGIN from Old French prise ‘a grasp, taking hold’.
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