(adj.) having a high price; 'costly jewelry'; 'high-priced merchandise'; 'much too dear for my pocketbook'; 'a pricey restaurant' .
校对:奥斯瓦德
双语例句
To midnight revelry, and the panting emulation of beauty, to costly dress and birth-day shew, to title and the gilded coronet, farewell! 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
That is a costly mania for a manufacturer. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
It was begun in 1882 and finished in 1890, and is the largest and most costly viaduct in the world. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
It was found, however, in practice, that the compound gas thus formed was more costly than ordinary coal gas, and the plan has been discontinued. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
We have seen, in these old churches, a profusion of costly and elaborate sepulchre ornamentation such as we never dreampt of before. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
But now a factory and its engines and machines became a vast and costly thing, measured by the scale of the worker's pocket. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
These data revealed the fact that the quantity of copper required for the main conductors would be exceedingly large and costly; and, if ever, Edison was somewhat dismayed. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
The battle of rival reapers had been long and costly. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
This statement cannot be successfully controverted, for it has been abundantly verified after many years of costly litigation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.