单词 | precious |
释义 | pre·cious I. 1. a. b. of a gemstone 2. < we went up the wrong valley and lost several precious days — Heinrich Harrer > < a very useful report, with the precious qualities of objectivity, balance and good humor — advt > 3. a. b. < divorced from the social instinct, thought … tends to become finicky and precious — Bertrand Russell > c. < have made culture appear to be a power in whose service people could grow dry, intolerant, and precious — Katharine F. Gerould > 4. a. < opened the territory to some precious scoundrels — American Guide Series: Oregon > b. < nobody would care if he went to his precious Rome and stayed there — L.C.Douglas > Synonyms: see costly II. < no equipment and precious few drugs — Nevil Shute > < she actually has precious little to say about what roles she is going to play — Robert Trumbull > |
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