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1 precious metal
(a valuable metal such as gold, silver or platinum.) plemenita kovina -
2 precious
['preʃəs](of great value: precious jewels.) dragocen- precious stone
- precious few/little* * *I [préšəs]adjective ( preciously adverb)dragocen, drag (kamen); plemenit, žlahten (kovina); ljub, drag; figuratively nenaraven, afektiran; colloquially lep, popolnmy precious! — ljubezen moja!II [préšəs]adverb colloquially nenavadno, vražje, zelo -
3 metal
['metl]noun, adjective1) ((of) any of a group of substances, usually shiny, that can conduct heat and electricity and can be hammered into shape, or drawn out in sheets, bars etc: Gold, silver and iron are all metals.) kovina2) ((of) a combination of more than one of such substances: Brass is a metal made from copper and zinc.) kovina•- metallic* * *I [metl]nounmetal, kovina; taljeno steklo; nautical topovi, število topov; military oklopna vozila; British English plural tračnice, tir; gramoz (za ceste)brittle ( —ali red) metal — tombak, rdeča medto run off the metals, to leave the metals — iztiriti se (vlak)figuratively to be made of fine metal — biti značajenfiguratively to carry heavy metal — biti dobro oborožen, biti dobro podkovan v čemII [metl]transitive verbobložiti s kovino; nasuti cesto (progo) z gramozom -
4 gold
[ɡould]1) (an element, a precious yellow metal used for making jewellery etc: This watch is made of gold; ( also adjective) a gold watch.) zlato; zlat2) (coins, jewellery etc made of gold.) zlatnina3) (the colour of the metal: the shades of brown and gold of autumn leaves; ( also adjective) a gold carpet.) zlata barva•- golden- goldfish
- gold-leaf
- gold medal
- gold-mine
- gold-rush
- goldsmith
- as good as gold
- golden opportunity* * *I [gould]nounzlato, zlatnik, zlatnina; figuratively bogastvo, dragocenost, zaklad; središče tarče (pri streljanju z lokom)all that glitters in not gold — ni vse zlato, kar se sveti, videz varaas good as gold — dober, kot kruh, izredno pridenworth one's weight in gold — neprecenljiv, nepoplačljivII [gould]adjectivezlat, iz zlata -
5 silver
['silvə] 1. noun1) (an element, a precious grey metal which is used in making jewellery, ornaments etc: The tray was made of solid silver.) srebro2) (anything made of, or looking like, silver especially knives, forks, spoons etc: Burglars broke into the house and stole all our silver.) srebrnina2. adjective1) (made of, of the colour of, or looking like, silver: a silver brooch; silver stars/paint.) srebrn2) ((of a wedding anniversary, jubilee etc) twenty-fifth: We celebrated our silver wedding (anniversary) last month.) srebrn•- silvery- silver foil/paper* * *I [sílvə]1.nounsrebro; srebrni denar; srebrni jedilni pribor, srebrna posoda; srebrn sijaj (barva); photography srebrni nitratGerman silver, nickel silver — zlitina nikla za jedilni pribor, nepravo srebroloose silver — posamezni srebrni kovanci, srebrn drobižher uncle gave her most of his silver — stric ji je dal večino svoje srebrnine;2.adjectivesrebrn, srebrnkast; (glas) zvonek; figuratively srebrn (2ɜ-letni jubilej; plasiran na drugem mestu)the silver age — srebrna doba; doba rimske književnosti po Avgustusilver basis economy srebrna valutaa silver tone — srebrn, zvonek glasa silver-tongue colloquially oseba, ki zna dobro govoritito have a silver tongue — biti dober, vešč govornikto be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth figuratively biti rojen pod srečno zvezdoevery cloud has its silver lining figuratively vsaka nesreča ima nekaj tolažilnega, ni nesreče brez srečeII [sílvə]transitive verb & intransitive verbposrebriti (se), prevleči s srebrom, obložiti s srebrnimi lističi, dati srebrn sijaj; napraviti (lase) srebrne, sive; postati kot srebro; osiveti, pobeliti (se)
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