Precious
['preʃəs] or ['prɛʃəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) of high worth or cost; 'diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones' .
(adv.) extremely; 'there is precious little time left'.
錄入:莱尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.
(a.) Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.
(a.) Particular; fastidious; overnice.
整理:凯瑟琳
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Costly, of great price.[2]. Very valuable, of great worth, of great value.[3]. Dear, beloved, darling, very estimable, highly esteemed or valued.
费理斯編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Dear, valuable, costly, cherished, treasured, beloved, estimable,of_great_value
ANT:Cheap, valueless, worthless, unvalued, disesteemed, unappreciated, vile
錄入:厄普顿
解釋/意思:
adj. of great price or worth: costly: highly esteemed: worthless contemptible (in irony): fastidious overnice: (coll.) considerable: (B.) valuable because rare.—adv. (coll.) extremely.—n. Precios′ity fastidiousness affected overrefinement.—adv. Prec′iously.—ns. Prec′ious-met′al a metal of great value as gold or silver; Prec′iousness; Prec′ious-stone a stone of value and beauty for ornamentation: a gem or jewel.
校對:莎娜
例句/造句/用法:
- At last he grasped the manuscript upon which Jane Porter had been writing, and as cautiously withdrew his arm and hand, holding the precious treasure. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Your favourable opinion then, my Precious, does less than justice to Mr Boffin, and more than justice to me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- So he said, My precious little woman, what are you doing here? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Business between you and me being out of the question to-day, young man, and my time being precious,' said Miss Jenny then, 'I'll make myself scarce. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- They was, my lady, said Horrocks, and precious little else we get there neither. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The twelve precious publications which I had scattered through the house, on the previous day; all returned to me by the doctor's orders! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- One more minute of precious time would have saved him. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I took up my bag-full of precious publications, feeling as if I could have gone on talking for hours. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Yes,' replied the voice, 'and precious down in the mouth he has been. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It seems to be a precious small one, if that's it,' said the boy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Gold, then as now, was the most precious and therefore most portable, security. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Nor did I ask him what his precious situation was. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- We have got a precious one. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Yet it was used abundantly, and there was a steady flow of the precious metals eastward in exchange. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Silas Wegg, you are a precious old rascal. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But time is precious. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- For many precious generations the new-lit fires of the human intelligence were to be seriously banked down by this by-product. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Why, my precious child,' returned her husband, laughing outright: 'how could I be jealous of him? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- After rendering this general tribute to the port, Mr. Snagsby in his modesty coughs an apology behind his hand for drinking anything so precious. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Everything that belongs to her, or is connected with her, is precious to me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Think how precious your time is, Gilmore, and don't throw it away. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The facts and laws of physics, with the assistance of mathematical logic, never fail to furnish precious answers to such questions. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Devoid of parents, devoid of relations, devoid of flocks and herds, devoid of gold and silver and of precious stones. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- They must be held precious; they are kept carefully. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- How precious dull you are, Tommy! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Some one, then, was in that room where my precious treaty lay upon the table. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Oh, mamma, mamma, I wish I had never gone to aunt Shaw's, and been all those precious years away from you! 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- She's bad enough as it is, with her dreams and her methodee fancies, and her visions of cities with goulden gates and precious stones. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- It's more than a precious stone. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
校對:莎娜