| 单词 | peculiar |
| 释义 | pe·cu·li·ar /pɪˈkjuːliə $ -ər/ ●●○ adjective 1 STRANGEstrange, unfamiliar, or a little surprising 奇怪的；异常的 There was a peculiar smell in the kitchen. 厨房里有一股怪味。 Something peculiar is going on. 出了怪事。 It seems very peculiar that no one noticed Kay had gone. 没有人注意到凯已经走了，这好像很奇怪。► see thesaurus at strange2 be peculiar to somebody/something ONLYif something is peculiar to a particular person, place, or situation, it is a feature that only belongs to that person or only exists in that place or situation 为某人/某事物所特有 The problem of racism is not peculiar to this country. 种族歧视问题并非只有这个国家才有。3 CRAZYbehaving in a strange and slightly crazy way 〔行为〕怪癖的；有点疯狂的 He’s been a little peculiar lately. 最近他有点怪异。 She’s a very peculiar child. 她是个非常古怪的孩子。4. feel peculiar/come over all peculiar British English informalMIILL to feel slightly ill 感到有点不舒服Examples from the Corpuspeculiar• Some questions seem obvious and others peculiar.• This meat tastes peculiar.• Glenn started acting peculiar after his wife's funeral.• The origins of Gironella's peculiar assemblages lie in his childhood.• During the brief voyage Tom lived in a peculiar atmosphere of doom and of heroic, unselfish courage.• I've been having very peculiar dreams the past few weeks.• All the other peculiar effects of camp environment were bad.• This is our peculiar form of assimilation.• And why would Psyche pay any attention to this peculiar idea?• Martha has been a little peculiar lately.• It was the enlightened afrancesados who were to confuse political issues by their peculiar relation to liberalism.• This cheese has a peculiar smell.• I heard a peculiar warbling from the living room.• She's actually very friendly in her own peculiar way.Origin peculiar (1400-1500) Latin peculiaris “of private property, special”, from peculium “private property”, from pecu “cattle”pe·cu·li·ar adjectiveChineseSyllable strange, a Corpus surprising or unfamiliar, little |
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