英语词汇“precious metals”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 metals

释义

precious /preshˈəs/

adjective

Of great price or worth
Cherished
Very highly esteemed
(with a possessive) grand, fine, much-vaunted (ironic, as in sick of hearing about his precious children)
Egregious (ironic)
Too consciously refined, fastidious or dainty

adverb

noun

Used as a term of endearment

ORIGIN: OFr precios (Fr précieux), from L pretiōsus, from pretium price

preciosity /presh-i-osˈi-ti or pres-/ noun

Fastidious over-refinement

precˈiously adverb

precˈiousness noun

precious metals plural noun

Gold, silver, platinum (also, rarely, mercury or others of high price)

precious stone noun

A stone of value and beauty, esp with regard to its use in jewellery or ornamentation, a gem

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