Precious

Definition

precious /'preʃǝs/ adj ၁။ အဖိုးထိုက္။ အဖိုးတန္။ Gold and silver are precious metals. ❍ The crown is set with precious stones, including diamonds and rubies. ၂။ ~ (to sb) ျမတ္ႏိုးအပ္ေသာ။ အဖိုးတန္ေသာ။ 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 ) (အထက္တန္းက်က် အမူအရာ၊ အသံုးအႏႈန္းတို႔ျဖင့္) အကဲပါလြန္းေသာ။ a rather precious young man. ၄။ ( infml often ironic ) အားႀကီး။ A precious lot of (ie very little) good that will do! adv ( infml ) သိပ္ကို (နည္းသည္)။ Precious few people can afford prices like that. ❍ She has precious little to be cheerful about. ❏ preciousness n [U] အဖိုးတန္မႈ (သို႔) အကဲပါမႈ။ the preciousness of an old friendship ❍ a style of writing that is prone to preciousness.

Examples

1. A precious jewel
2. Historic houses with rare and precious contents
3. A precious memory
4. Her daughter is the most precious thing in the world to her.
5. Human skills are the nation’s most precious resource.
6. We’re wasting precious time sitting around here!
7. You and your precious husband did nothing for me.
8. Pop stars used to be a lot less precious about advertising products.