The precious term here, when used as a nominative, is the special term of one side of the personality (Gollum) towards the other (Sméagol), though that is not as clear here as in later writings where it is clear Gollum uses that term. However, the last paragraph "Then let's stop talking, precious" clearly shows the "precious" is referring to ...

2012年11月10日 · The word "precious" shows Gollum's perversion, from loving another living being, to loving an object of power. Bilbo calling the ring "my precious" is just an allusion (by the author, Tolkien) to him becoming increasingly Gollum-like. Bilbo using the word "precious" is a description of Bilbo, not of the ring.

2019年2月1日 · "Bless us and splash us, my precioussss! I guess it's a choice feast; at least a tasty morsel it'd make us, gollum!" And when he said gollum he made a horrible swallowing noise in his throat. That is how he got his name, though he always called himself 'my precious.' It became both his name and a mannerism.

2023年1月13日 · Frodo gave a cry, and there he was, fallen upon his knees at the chasm's edge. But Gollum, dancing like a mad thing, held aloft the ring, a finger still thrust within its circle. It shone now as if verily it was wrought of living fire. 'Precious, precious, precious!' Gollum cried. 'My Precious! O my Precious!'

2016年4月26日 · Even if Gollum said the same once. It's not his now, but mine. And I shall keep it, I say.' Fellowship of the Ring Book I Chapter 1: "A Long-Expected Party" Bilbo had told Gandalf the true story of how he obtained the Ring from Gollum: I wondered often how Gollum came by a Great Ring, as plainly it was - that at least was clear from the first.

2016年2月12日 · 'Got him!' hissed Gollum in [Sam's] ear. 'At last, my precious, we've got him, yes, the nassty hobbit. We takes this one. She'll get the other. O yes, Shelob will get [Frodo], not Sméagol. Two Towers Book IV Chapter 9: "Shelob's Lair" In other situations, where he uses a pronoun, he's talking to himself; for instance:

2012年10月29日 · Fissh, nice fissh. White Face [the Moon] has vanished, my precious, at last yes. Now we can eat in peace. No, not in peace, precious. For precious is lost; yes. Dirty hobbits, nasty hobbits. Gone and left us, gollum; and Precious is gone. Only poor Sméagol all alone. No Precious. Nasty Men, they'll take it, they'll steal my Precious. Thieves ...

2015年5月21日 · This, by onomatopoeia, became 'Gollum'. Then others who saw him, not knowing his name or that he was a Hobbit began to call him Gollum. The first time he is seen in the Fellowship of the Ring film, he makes the Gollum throat clearing sound a few times. This is to portray the origin of the epithet.

2016年10月11日 · In the first edition of The Hobbit Tolkien wrote that he got the name "Gollum" (1937) from this "gurgling sound." In Tolkien's words, "Gollum" describes "the horrible swallowing noise in his throat", that Gollum makes when he speaks. Indeed, "That is how he [Gollum] got his name, though he always called himself 'my precious'."

2016年1月8日 · Suddenly up came Gollum and whispered and hissed: "Bless us and splash us, my precioussss! I guess it's a choice feast; at least a tasty morsel it'd make us, gollum!" And when he said gollum he made a horrible swallowing noise in his throat. That is how he got his name, though he always called himself 'my precious.'