Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - precious
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Precious
precious
~1 adj 1 precious memories or possessions are important to you because they are connected with people you like or events in your life (The doll is very precious to me because it was my mother's.) 2 something that is precious is valuable and important and should not be wasted or used without care (Don't waste precious time talking to him, he's not worth it.) 3 rare and worth a lot of money (a precious jewel) 4 only before noun spoken used to show that you are annoyed that someone seems to care too much about something (Your precious career is becoming more important than your family.) 5 someone who is precious is formal and unnatural because they are trying too hard to be perfect - preciously adv - preciousness n ~2 adv informal precious little/few very little or very few (He has precious little experience of computing.)
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1. 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. After four months in foreign parts, every hour at home was precious... Water is becoming an increasingly precious resource. ADJ 2. Precious objects and materials are worth a lot of money because they are rare. ...jewellery and precious objects belonging to her mother. = valuable ADJ 3. If something is precious to you, you regard it as important and do not want to lose it. Her family’s support is particularly precious to Josie... ADJ 4. People sometimes use precious to emphasize their dislike for things which other people think are important. (INFORMAL) You don’t care about anything but yourself and your precious face. ADJ: ADJ n c darkgreen]emphasis 5. If you say that there is precious little of something, you are emphasizing that there is very little of it, and that it would be better if there were more. Precious few has a similar meaning. The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently... Precious few homebuyers will notice any reduction in their monthly repayments. PHRASE c darkgreen]emphasis ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French precios, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price — more at price Date: 13th century 1. of great value or high price ~ jewels 2. highly esteemed or cherished a ~ friend 3. excessively refined ; affected ~ manners 4. great, thoroughgoing a ~ scoundrel • ~ness noun II. adverb Date: 1595 very, extremely has ~ little to say ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & adv. --adj. 1 of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. in language or manner. 4 colloq. often iron. a considerable (a precious lot you know about it). b expressing contempt or disdain (you can keep your precious flowers). --adv. colloq. extremely, very (tried precious hard; had precious little left). Phrases and idioms precious metals gold, silver, and platinum. precious stone a piece of mineral having great value esp. as used in jewellery. Derivatives preciously adv. preciousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF precios f. L pretiosus f. pretium price ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. любимый, дорогой my precious —- мой любимый, мой дорогой, мой драгоценный, мой ненаглядный 2. драгоценный precious stones —- драгоценные камни precious metals —- благородные металлы precious time —- драгоценное время precious knowledge —- ценные знания 3. дорогой, любимый precious recollections —- дорогие воспоминания my precious darling —- мой любимый, мой драгоценный, мойй ненаглядный his devotion is very precious to me —- я очень ценю его преданность this ring is precious to me because of its associations —- это кольцо дорого мне из-за связанных с ним воспоминаний 4. манерный, изощренный; изысканный (о языке, слоге) 5. эмоц-усил. совершенный, абсолютный a precious rascal —- настоящий мошенник a precious funk —- отъявленный трус to make a precious mess of things —- здорово запутать дела what a precious friend! —- хорош друг! a precious sight of himself —- он слишком высокого мнения о себе a precious pair —- ничего себе (та еще) парочка do not be in such a precious hurry! —- не летите сломя голову! a precious fool I should look! —- я бы выглядел настоящим дураком! 6. разг. прекрасный, замечательный her little house is just precious! —- ее домик так мил! 7. разг. эмоц-усил. очень, весьма, здорово precious few —- очень мало he took precious good care of that —- он очень заботился об этом it is precious cold —- здорово холодно there is precious little hope —- надежды почти нет ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) драгоценный; precious stone - драгоценный камень 2) дорогой; любимый; a precious friend you have been! iron. - хорош друг! 3) манерно-изысканный 4) coll. употр. для усиления: do not be in such a precious hurry - не спешите так; he has got into a precious mess - он попал в весьма трудное положение Syn: see artistic 2. noun любимый; my precious - мой милый 3. adv. очень, здорово; they took precious little notice - они и внимания не обратили ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1250, from O.Fr. precios, from L. pretiosus "costly, valuable," from pretium "value." Meaning "over-refined" first recorded c.1395. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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