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

单词	treasure
释义	trea·sure I. \-zhə(r)\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tresor, tresour, from Old French tresor, from Latin thesaurus hoard, treasure, from Greek thēsauros 1. a. (1) : wealth (as money, plate, jewels, or precious metals) accumulated, stored, or hoarded up < the pirate's treasure > < digging for buried treasure > (2) : wealth of any kind or in any form : riches < if the treasure of the men who run the railroad is elsewhere committed — Value Line > < a military victory won at unparalleled cost of blood and treasure — Henry Hazlitt > b. : a stock or store of money in reserve 2. a. : something of great worth or value : something valued and preserved as precious < some of the richest treasures of sculpture and painting — Wilmot Harrison > < regions richest in these archeological treasures — American Guide Series: Ind. > b. : a person esteemed as rare or precious : gem 2b, jewel 2b(1) < my maid is a treasure > 3. : a valuable store, accumulation, or reserve supply : a collection of precious things < this immense treasure of accumulated human thought and experience — Charlton Laird > < the illustrations are a treasure of charming Georgian houses — Anne Douglas > II. transitive verb (treasured ; treasured ; treasuring \-zh(ə)riŋ\ ; treasures) Etymology: Middle English tresoren, tresouren, from tresor, tresour, n. 1. : to collect and store up (something of value) for preservation, security, or future use : hoard < treasure gold > 2. : to store away and preserve in or as if in the memory : retain and guard from being diminished, injured, forgotten, or lost < not only did he treasure the lines of his favorite poets — Clark Wissler > < he treasures every least indication that she may be softer than her sister — E.K.Brown > — sometimes used with up < treasured up those pithy bits of local speech — Willa Cather > 3. : to hold or keep as precious : regard as dear and worthy of careful preservation : cherish, prize < those who treasured the New England tradition of local self-government — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > < a book which will always be treasured — Herbert Read > Synonyms: see appreciate
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