| 单词 | precious |
| 释义 | adjective | adverb preciousprecious1 /ˈprɛʃəs/ ●●○ adjective 1something that is precious is valuable and important and should not be wasted or used without care SYN valuable: Planes delivered precious supplies of medicine and food.precious to These schools are too precious to the community to close them.precious seconds/minutes/hours/time We cannot afford to waste precious time.► see thesaurus at valuable2precious memories or possessions are important to you because they remind you of people you like or events in your life: one of my most precious childhood memories3rare and worth a lot of money: precious jewels/metal/stones (=valuable jewels, metal, etc.)4too concerned about style or detail in your writing or speech so that it seems unnatural: her precious style of writingSPOKEN PHRASES5used in order to describe someone or something that is small and pretty: What a precious little baby girl!6[only before noun] said to show that you are annoyed that someone seems to care too much about something: Apparently I’d ruined her precious towel.7used to speak to someone you love, especially a baby or small child: Hello, precious! [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French precios, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price, money]—preciously adverb—preciousness noun [uncountable] adjective | adverb preciousprecious2 adverb informal precious little/few very little or very few: There are precious few seats inside the court room. |
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