单词 | peculiar |
释义 | pe·cu·liar (pĭ-kylyər) adj. 1. Not ordinary or usual; odd or strange: noticed a peculiar odor in the room. See Synonyms at strange. 2. Belonging distinctively or primarily to one person, group, or kind; special or unique: a species peculiar to the high desert. n. 1. A privilege or property that is exclusively one's own. 2. Chiefly British A church or parish under the jurisdiction of a diocese different from that in which it lies. [Middle English peculier, personal, from Latin pecūliāris, from pecūlium, private property; see peku- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] pe·culiar·ly adv. |
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