prise
(also esp US prize), / praɪz; praɪz/ v
1 [Tn.p, Cn.a]
~ sth off/up use force to open (a box, etc) or remove (a lid, etc) 强行打开（箱子等）或移去（盖等）
She used a chisel to prise off the lid. 她用錾子来把盖子凿开.
The box had been prised open. 箱子撬开了.
2 (phr v) prise sth out of sb force sb to reveal sth 强迫某人披露某事物
She'd promised not to talk, and nothing we could do could prise the information out of her. 她答应保守秘密, 无论我们用什麽方法她也不说出来. Cf 参看 pry2.