precious

Angol

Kiejtés

• IPA : /ˈprɛʃəs/
•  hallgatás (US)

Melléknév

precious (középfok more precious, felsőfok most precious)

1. értékes
2. drágalátos
   • 1909, Jack London, Martin Eden, Chapter 3:

     "I tell you that precious brother of yours was drunk."

3. kincset érő
   • 1909, Jack London, Martin Eden, Chapter 9:

     The captain was a fishy-eyed Norwegian who somehow had fallen into possession of a complete Shakespeare, which he never read, and Martin had washed his clothes for him and in return been permitted access to the precious volumes.