英语词汇“precious”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	precious
释义	pre·cious I. \ˈpreshəs\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old French precios, precieus, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price, value + -osus -ous — more at price 1. : of great value or high price: as a. : of such extreme value that a suitable price is hard to estimate : priceless, invaluable b. of a gemstone : of highest value commercially because of its beauty, rarity, or hardness 2. : of great nonmaterial value : very highly esteemed or cherished : dear < 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. : particular, fastidious b. : overnice, overrefined < divorced from the social instinct, thought … tends to become finicky and precious — Bertrand Russell > c. : affected, posing, hypocritical < have made culture appear to be a power in whose service people could grow dry, intolerant, and precious — Katharine F. Gerould > 4. a. : fine, great — used as an intensive < opened the territory to some precious scoundrels — American Guide Series: Oregon > b. : worthless — used ironically < nobody would care if he went to his precious Rome and stayed there — L.C.Douglas > Synonyms: see costly II. adverb : extremely, very < 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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