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| 单词 | precious |
| 释义 | pre·cious (prĕshəs)adj. 1. Of high cost or worth; valuable: precious jewels. 2. Highly esteemed; cherished: precious moments with the new baby. 3. Dear; beloved: a friend who is precious to me. 4. Affectedly dainty or overrefined: precious mannerisms. 5. Informal Thoroughgoing; unmitigated: a precious mess. n. One who is dear or beloved; a darling. adv. Used as an intensive: "He had precious little right to complain" (James Agee). [Middle English, from Old French precios, from Latin pretiōsus, from pretium, price; see per-5 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] precious·ly adv. precious·ness n. |
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