pre.cise

precise的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [priˈsais]
KK音标发音： [prɪˈsaɪs]

precise的词性：
adj.（形容词）

1. Clearly expressed or delineated; definite:
清晰的，确切的：表达或描绘很清楚的；确定的：

The victim was able to give a precise description of the suspect.
受害者能够清晰地描绘嫌疑犯

2. Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct:
精确的，正确的：如在实行、实施或数量上很准确的；精确的或准确的：

a precise measurement; a precise instrument.
精确的测量；精密仪器

3. Strictly distinguished from others; very:
明确的：严格区别于其他的；正是所要的：

at that precise moment.
就在那一时刻

4. Distinct and correct in sound or meaning:
清晰的，无误的：声音或意义清楚而正确的：

precise pronunciation; precise prose.
正确的发音；严格无误的散文

5. Conforming strictly to rule or proper form:
正统的：严格合乎规则或适当形式的：

“The setting up of this Maypole was a lamentable spectacle to the precise separatists that lived at New Plymouth”(Thomas Morton)
“对于生活在新普利茅斯的正统分离主义者来说，这个五朔节花柱的建立实在是令人伤心的悲惨场面”(托马斯·莫顿)

precise的词源：

6. Middle English [exact]
中古英语 [精确的]

7. from Old French precis [condensed, precisely fixed]
源自 古法语 precis [凝结的，明显稳定的]

8. from Latin praec^osus [past participle of] praec^odere [to shorten]
源自 拉丁语 praec^osus [] praec^odere的过去分词 [缩短]

9. prae- [pre-]
prae- [前缀，表“先于…”]

10. caedere [to cut] * see ka…-id-
caedere [剪切] *参见 ka…-id-

precise的词性：
n.（名词）