英语词汇“prizable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

prizable

释义

▪ I. prizable, prizeable, a.¹ Now chiefly dial.|ˈpraɪzəb(ə)l|
Also 7 priseable.
[f. prize v.¹ + -able.]
Capable of being, or worthy to be, prized; valuable.
1603Florio Montaigne iii. xiii. (1632) 628, I..finde it [life] to be both priseable and commodious.1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. I.) 203 The very ravings of my fever are sometimes more prizeable than Philosophical Meditations.1686Goad Celest. Bodies To Rdr. 2, I hope this our Principle is so much the more prizable, that it [etc.].1816Keatinge Trav. I. 108 Clothed with that delicate..short grass so prizable for the flock and the dairy.1862Sir H. Taylor St. Clement's Eve i. i, A prizeable possession.
†b. Comparable in value (with). Obs. rare^—1.
1644Quarles Barnabas & B. 99 Is a poor clod of earth (we call inheritance) prizeable with his greatness?
▪ II. ˈprizable, a.² Chess.
[f. prize n.³ = F. prise capture + -able.]
That can be taken or made a prize; exposed to capture.
1808Stud. Chess II. 202 In case you touch a piece not prizable, you..must play your king if you can.

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