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precious    音标拼音: [pr'ɛʃəs]
a. 宝贵的,珍贵的,过于精致的,珍爱的

宝贵的,珍贵的,过於精致的,珍爱的

precious
adv 1: extremely; "there is precious little time left" [synonym:
{precious}, {preciously}]
adj 1: characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for;
"a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a
treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted" [synonym:
{cherished}, {precious}, {treasured}, {wanted}]
2: of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and
emeralds are precious stones"
3: held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an
intrinsic nature; "a valued friend"; "precious memories"
[synonym: {valued}, {precious}]
4: obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious
performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"
[synonym: {cute}, {precious}]

Precious \Pre"cious\, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F.
pr['e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value.
See {Price}.]
1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. "The
precious bane." --Milton.
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2. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed;
dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.
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She is more precious than rules. --Prov. iii.
15.
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Many things which are most precious are neglected
only because the value of them lieth hid. --Hooker.
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Note: Also used ironically; as, a precious rascal.
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3. Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf.
{Pr['e]cieuse}, {Preciosity}.
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Lest that precious folk be with me wroth. --Chaucer.
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Elaborate embroidery of precious language.
--Saintsbury.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Precious metals}, the uncommon and highly valuable metals,
esp. gold and silver.

{Precious stones}, gems; jewels.
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173 Moby Thesaurus words for "precious":
Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, absolute, admired, adored,
affected, alembicated, angel, arrant, artful, artificial, babe,
baby, baby-doll, beloved, beyond price, buttercup, cherished,
cherub, chichi, chick, chickabiddy, choice, choosy, classical,
complete, consummate, costly, crass, darling, dear, dearly beloved,
deary, decided, definitive, doll, downright, duck, duckling,
effete, egregious, elaborate, elaborated, elegant, esteemed,
euphemistic, euphuistic, exact, expensive, exquisite, fastidious,
favorite, finicky, flagrant, formalistic, fussy, glaring, golden,
good as gold, goody good-good, goody-goody, gross, hallowed,
held dear, high-priced, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child,
hyperelegant, idolized, inestimable, intolerable, invaluable,
irreplaceable, la-di-da, lamb, lambkin, love, loved, lover,
mannered, methodical, meticulous, mincing, namby-pamby, nice,
of great price, orderly, ostentatious, out-and-out, outright,
overdone, overelaborate, overelegant, overnice, overprecise,
overrefined, particular, pedantic, perfect, persnickety, pet,
petkins, picky, popular, positive, precieuse, precieux,
precious heart, precise, precisian, precisianistic, precisionist,
precisionistic, pretentious, priceless, pricey, prized, profound,
pronounced, proper, punctilious, puristic, rank, rare, recherche,
regular, revered, rich, scrupulous, shattering, shocking, showy,
simpering, snookums, sophisticated, squeamish, stark,
stark-staring, studied, sugar, superlative, surpassing, sweet,
sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, the veriest, thorough,
thoroughgoing, total, treasured, unbearable, unconscionable,
undeniable, unequivocal, unmitigated, unnatural, unqualified,
unrelieved, unspoiled, utter, valuable, valued, venerable,
venerated, well-beloved, well-liked, white-haired, worthy


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  • PRECIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PRECIOUS is of great value or high price How to use precious in a sentence
  • PRECIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    PRECIOUS definition: 1 of great value because of being rare, expensive, or important: 2 behaving in a very formal and… Learn more
  • Precious (film) - Wikipedia
    In 1987, 16-year-old Claireece Precious Jones lives in New York City 's Harlem neighborhood with her unemployed mother, Mary, who subjects her to constant physical, sexual, and verbal abuse Precious has also been raped by her now-absent father, Carl, resulting in two pregnancies
  • PRECIOUS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    PRECIOUS definition: of high price or great value; very valuable or costly See examples of precious used in a sentence
  • Precious (2009) - IMDb
    First and foremost, we have the breakout role of Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, portraying the overweight, twice-pregnant and illiterate protagonist, Precious
  • Precious - definition of precious by The Free Dictionary
    Define precious precious synonyms, precious pronunciation, precious translation, English dictionary definition of precious adj 1 Of high cost or worth; valuable: precious jewels
  • precious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
    Definition of precious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • Watch Precious (2009) - Free Movies | Tubi
    Precious Jones, an overweight and pregnant teenager in Harlem, is the victim of constant abuse until an alternative school offers her a way out
  • precious - definition and meaning - Wordnik
    From Middle English precious, from Old French precios ("valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical"), from Latin pretiosus ("of great value, costly, dear, precious"), from pretium ("value, price"); see price
  • precious - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
    dear; beloved: a precious friend Jewelry designating a stone, esp a diamond, etc , valued as rare and beautiful and used in jewelry: precious stones acting too refined; affected: The child actress was just a little too precious n [countable * usually singular] a dearly beloved person; darling: Here, my precious, come and eat adv extremely;





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