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precious    音標拼音: [pr'ɛʃəs]
a. 寶貴的,珍貴的,過于精致的,珍愛的

寶貴的,珍貴的,過於精致的,珍愛的

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.
[1913 Webster]

2. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed;
dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.
[1913 Webster]

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 (film) - Wikipedia
    Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, [2] or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels Its script was written by Geoffrey S Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire
  • PRECIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PRECIOUS is of great value or high price How to use precious in a sentence
  • Precious (2009) - IMDb
    Precious: Directed by Lee Daniels With Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction
  • 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 | 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 - definition of precious by The Free Dictionary
    1 of high price or great value: precious metals 2 highly esteemed for some nonmaterial quality: precious memories 3 dear; beloved: a precious child 4 designating a stone or crystal, esp a diamond, ruby, sapphire, or emerald, valued as rare and beautiful, used in jewelry 5 affectedly or excessively refined
  • Precious - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    To call something precious is to describe it as highly valued Think of a gemstone when you call your baby sister precious Diamonds, emeralds and rubies are all precious stones and gold and silver are precious metals If it is something valuable and treasured, it can be called precious too
  • Precious Definition Meaning - YourDictionary
    Precious definition: Of high cost or worth; valuable
  • PRECIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If you say that something such as a resource is precious, you mean that it is valuable and should not be wasted or used badly
  • What Does Precious Mean? - The Word Counter
    According to Collins English Dictionary and the American Heritage Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, the word precious is an adjective that means valuable and important Precious can also be used to mean cute or to refer to something one has fond affection for





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