preciousness
/ˈprɛʃəsnəs/
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pre - cious - ness -> preciousness
၁။ အဖိုးထိုက်။ အဖိုးတန်။ Gold and silver are precious metals. ❍ The crown is set with precious stones, including diamonds and rubies.
၂။ ~ (to sb) မြတ်နိုးအပ်သော။ အဖိုးတန်သော။ a few precious moments together ❍ a precious memento of happier times ❍ each life is precious. ❍ She is very precious to him. ❍ I lead a busy life so my free time is precious to me. ❍ (infml ironic )She talks about nothing except her precious car!
၃။ (derog ) (အထက်တန်းကျကျ အမူအရာ၊ အသုံးအနှုန်းတို့ဖြင့်) အကဲပါလွန်းသော။ a rather precious young man.
၄။ (infml often ironic ) အားကြီး။ A precious lot of (ie very little) good that will do!
adv (infml ) သိပ်ကို (နည်းသည်)။ Precious few people can afford prices like that. ❍ She has precious little to be cheerful about.
❏ preciousness n [U] အဖိုးတန်မှု (သို့) အကဲပါမှု။ the preciousness of an old friendship ❍ a style of writing that is prone to preciousness.
- A precious jewel
- Historic houses with rare and precious contents
- A precious memory
- Her daughter is the most precious thing in the world to her.
- Human skills are the nation’s most precious resource.
- We’re wasting precious time sitting around here!
- You and your precious husband did nothing for me.
- Pop stars used to be a lot less precious about advertising products.
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