| 释义 |
Definition of pricey in English: pricey(also pricy) adjectivepricier, priciest ˈprʌɪsiˈpraɪsi informal Expensive. boutiques selling pricey clothes 卖昂贵服装的时装店。 Example sentencesExamples - People are revered if they are dressed in expensive clothes and have pricy items in their homes.
- Such perfect bounty, grown with agrichemicals and pesticides, is notoriously pricey.
- Hand-made saddles may be a diminishing requirement in an age of machining perfection, but Emma still keeps her hand in by constantly working on at least one, even though they are a very pricy item these days.
- The main outlet and other shops were relocated to less pricey premises.
- Some homeowners have even traded down from more expensive abodes to less pricey dwellings.
- We had been told the pub was expensive - but it wasn't unduly pricey.
- If there is a weakness, the rather pricy amplifier doesn't offer the auto-setup ease of its rivals, and the remote looks a bit cheap.
- As with the Jazz Fest, there's both pricey indoor shows and free outdoor concerts.
- Prosecutors are either too timid or outgunned by the platoons of pricey defense lawyers.
- It was fun, and if it's not a particularly pricy game, it's probably worthwhile.
- We need to return to vigorously fighting the development of this pricey boondoggle.
- Anyone who's been in the market for organic food knows that keeping the pantry stocked can be a pretty pricey affair.
- The new edition is a pricy box set, but breaks the novel up into satisfying chunks.
- Considering the total amount of food consumed, this was on the pricey side.
- The exhibition of pricey boats was an indicator of the growing popularity of yachting in China.
- As always, the performances run the gamut from pricey indoor shows to the multitude of free shows outdoors.
- After all, this is a man so potty and unfathomably wealthy that he can walk into a shop stocking ghastly, ugly, ridiculously pricy ornaments and already own most of them.
- The monkfish tempura had a depth of flavour that is often missing from the pricey fillets on the fishmonger's slab.
- While the big hotels in the town centre are pricy, the hundreds of small pensions offer bed and breakfast at reasonable prices.
- Dishes are not offered in large portions and dinner can be a bit pricy at 100 yuan a head.
Synonyms expensive, dear, costly, high-priced, high-cost, high-end, big-budget overpriced, exorbitant, excessive, extortionate, outrageous, inflated lavish, extravagant British upmarket, over the odds informal steep
Derivativesnounˈprʌɪsɪnəsˈpraɪsinəs mass nouninformal The state of being expensive. the nice decor didn't justify the priciness of the drinks Example sentencesExamples - The restaurant is home to couples who retreat to the eatery and discuss the priciness of day care, or Michigan Avenue executives who want a different feel from their stuffy business meetings.
- But Walford, at least, could defend its priciness with a reasonable excuse - its 1.8 acres of garden had enough room to add five new addresses, potentially, to Shrewsbury Road.
- The only drawback is the priciness of the hotel restaurant.
Definition of pricey in US English: pricey(also pricy) adjectiveˈprīsēˈpraɪsi informal Expensive. boutiques selling pricey clothes 卖昂贵服装的时装店。 Example sentencesExamples - The exhibition of pricey boats was an indicator of the growing popularity of yachting in China.
- The main outlet and other shops were relocated to less pricey premises.
- Anyone who's been in the market for organic food knows that keeping the pantry stocked can be a pretty pricey affair.
- People are revered if they are dressed in expensive clothes and have pricy items in their homes.
- Hand-made saddles may be a diminishing requirement in an age of machining perfection, but Emma still keeps her hand in by constantly working on at least one, even though they are a very pricy item these days.
- It was fun, and if it's not a particularly pricy game, it's probably worthwhile.
- Dishes are not offered in large portions and dinner can be a bit pricy at 100 yuan a head.
- After all, this is a man so potty and unfathomably wealthy that he can walk into a shop stocking ghastly, ugly, ridiculously pricy ornaments and already own most of them.
- Such perfect bounty, grown with agrichemicals and pesticides, is notoriously pricey.
- Prosecutors are either too timid or outgunned by the platoons of pricey defense lawyers.
- We need to return to vigorously fighting the development of this pricey boondoggle.
- Considering the total amount of food consumed, this was on the pricey side.
- While the big hotels in the town centre are pricy, the hundreds of small pensions offer bed and breakfast at reasonable prices.
- The monkfish tempura had a depth of flavour that is often missing from the pricey fillets on the fishmonger's slab.
- As always, the performances run the gamut from pricey indoor shows to the multitude of free shows outdoors.
- We had been told the pub was expensive - but it wasn't unduly pricey.
- The new edition is a pricy box set, but breaks the novel up into satisfying chunks.
- Some homeowners have even traded down from more expensive abodes to less pricey dwellings.
- If there is a weakness, the rather pricy amplifier doesn't offer the auto-setup ease of its rivals, and the remote looks a bit cheap.
- As with the Jazz Fest, there's both pricey indoor shows and free outdoor concerts.
Synonyms expensive, dear, costly, high-priced, high-cost, high-end, big-budget
|