英语词汇“distinctive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

A black widow spider has a distinctive red hourglass marking on its stomach.
Male birds have distinctive blue and yellow markings.
The most distinctive feature of the building is its enormous dome-shaped roof.
Whatever you think of Larkin's poetry, it's certainly distinctive.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A skyscraper would obviously be more distinctive than a low bulky design.
It is a small species with a distinctive yellow stripe down its back.
It was like a jazz class to some extent but with all the rather distinctive movements he had for his actual choreography.
One particular strain lives only in the San Francisco Bay Area and gives the sourdough bread from that region its distinctive taste.
The manufacturer makes products to match the retailer's specifications and these are labelled with the retailer's own distinctive label.
The Provencale beef daube and the zucchini casserole, for instance, were decent but not distinctive.
There is much evidence that the fluctuation field involves distinctive patterns of motion.
These arrangements entrenched a distinctive land-owning pattern among the peasantry and perpetuated the peasantry's distance from other social estates.

THESAURUS► different

if something or someone is different, they are not like something or someone else, or they are not like they were before: · You look different. Have you had your hair cut?· We’ve painted the door a different colour.· The cultures of the two countries are very different.

► unique

very different, special, or unusual and the only one of its kind. Don’t use words such as very before unique: · The book is certainly very rare, and possibly unique.· the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands

► distinctive

having a special feature or appearance that makes something different from other things, and makes it easy to recognize: · Male birds have distinctive blue and yellow markings.

► unlike

[preposition] completely different from a particular person or thing: · In Britain, unlike the United States, the government provides health care.

► have nothing in common

if two people have nothing in common, they do not have the same interests or opinions and therefore cannot form a friendly relationship: · Apart from the fact that we went to the same school, we have absolutely nothing in common.

► there’s no/little resemblance

used when saying that two people or things seem very different: · There’s no resemblance between the two sisters at all.· The final product bore no resemblance to the original proposal (=it was very different).

► dissimilar

formal not the same as something else: · These four politically dissimilar states have all signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation.

► be like chalk and cheese

British English informal if two people are like chalk and cheese, they are completely different: · It’s hard to believe that they’re brothers – they’re like chalk and cheese!

► be (like) apples and oranges

American English informal used when saying that two people or things are very different: · You can't compare residential and commercial real estate markets. It's apples and oranges.· Obama and Romney are apples and oranges.· Comparing homemade soup to canned soup is really comparing apples and oranges.

Longman Language Activatorcompletely different from anyone or anything else► unique

different, special, or unusual and the only one of its kind: · The book is certainly very rare, and possibly unique.· the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islandsunique among: · The power of speech makes the human race unique among animals.

► distinctive

something that is distinctive has a special feature or appearance that makes it different from other things, and makes it easy to recognize: · Male birds have distinctive blue and yellow markings.· Whatever you think of Larkin's poetry, it's certainly distinctive.distinctive feature (of something): · The most distinctive feature of the building is its enormous dome-shaped roof.

► be the only one of its kind

if something is the only one of its kind , it is the only one that exists: · The 22-bedroomed clinic will be the only one of its kind in Ireland.

► be one of a kind

someone or something that is one of a kind is different because they are the only one to exist or be made: · Marilyn Monroe was one of a kind. There's no such thing as 'the new Monroe'.· Each tile is a work of art, guaranteed one of a kind by the handprint of its maker.

► individual

an individual style, way of doing things etc is different from anyone else's and is often fairly unusual: · Every baby has its own, individual personality.· a tennis player with a completely individual stylehighly individual: · She dresses in a highly individual way.

► be a one-off

especially British to be so different or unusual that people cannot expect to find anything or meet anyone like them again: · I was really upset when I lost that hat. It was a one-off -- I'll never find another like it.· Doug's achieved a lot with very limited resources. There's no doubt that he's a one-off.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a distinctive/striking appearance

(=unusual and interesting)· The unusual leaves give the plant a distinctive appearance.

► a distinguishing/distinctive characteristic

(=separating someone or something from others of the same type)· The blue feathers are the distinguishing characteristic of the male bird.

► distinctive/unique flavour

(=very different from other foods or drinks)· Juniper berries give the drink its distinctive flavour.

► distinctive/unmistakable sound

· Suddenly from below came the unmistakable sound of gunfire.

► distinctive taste

· Hops give beer its distinctive bitter taste.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► highly

· There, each of the three species does have a very different and highly distinctive pattern of markings.· There is thus no evidence to suggest that definition expansion may provide useful information when applied selectively to highly distinctive words.· In other words, does the expansion of highly distinctive words result in a greater proportion of useful information?

► more

· There is a growing band of buyers who want something more distinctive and who are prepared to pay extra for it.· A skyscraper would obviously be more distinctive than a low bulky design.· Corn oil is slightly heavier and more distinctive in flavour - I find it too heavy for salads.· Of course, I am more easily identified and more distinctive, if not distinguished, than most authors.

► most

· I argue along with T. J. Clark that Parisian modernism is most distinctive in terms of the disruptive force.· The consequent leverage is the most distinctive feature of our financial era.· The most distinctive land-mark in the parish is the Rimswell water tower, built in 1916 to serve South Holderness with water.· Yet these ego-structures, although perhaps most distinctive of our species, did not appear whole, complete and without a past.· However, financiers, merchants and bankers, such as the Rothschilds and the Barings, remained the most distinctive group.· But the most distinctive feature is the fertilizer plant.· And the most distinctive languages are often the most vulnerable - those of native peoples.· The most distinctive institution of capitalist economies is the privately owned corporation.

► quite

· Real diamonds have a quite distinctive, soapy texture to the surface and are immune from water.· It had a big cairn of stones which made it quite distinctive.· There are many overlaps between the approaches, though their specific orientations are quite distinctive.· The station etiquette of the suburban commuter was quite distinctive.· The policy traditions are again quite distinctive in other nations.· Another, contemporary series of Gosol paintings is characterized by a gentle, pastoral mood that is quite distinctive.

► so

· That's about ten pounds for every one of the wrinkles that makes them so distinctive.· Individually, each was a stylist with a voice and approach so distinctive they could never be mistaken for anyone else.· He had that elusive quality so distinctive of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.· The Macintosh casing was so distinctive that its visual presence would become as recognizable as a Volkswagen bug.· Anjou wines are so distinctive, that in 1920 a competition was held to design a glass to do them justice.

► very

· He created very distinctive passages of ascending chords to accompany the magic bird's flight through the trees.· Loganberries display a purplish dark red colon Their flavor is slightly tart and very distinctive, which makes them useful for winemaking.· The elements selected from the confusion of conflicting movements have this different and very distinctive bias.· Those in my tiresome generation who thought 25 years ago it was so very distinctive, so in, to swear.· There ought to be something very distinctive about the theory that describes the universe.· No prize-winner, perhaps, but a very distinctive Koi.· The all black bottle was very distinctive.· The adult male peregrine is a very distinctive bluey black in colour when seen from the rear.

NOUN► character

· The distinctive character of the drawing is determined by two quite independent principles.· They evolved rapidly and spread widely, and have a range of distinctive characters to help the investigator in his identifications.· Taken together, they conveyed a view of primary teaching which had a distinctive character.· Such communities acquired their own distinctive character and many welcomed the Evangelical Revival with enthusiasm.· It was the combination of large circulation share and a large number of titles that gave concentration its distinctive character in 1990.· They were in effect an inferior kind of man, with no distinctive character of their own.· What, finally, is the vital, dynamic core of the community that gives it its uniquely distinctive character?

► characteristic

· There were three distinctive characteristics about the archosaurs that paleontologists discovered marked them off from their antecedents.· During his lifetime, the distinctive characteristics of his vocation had begun to dwindle.· These distinctive characteristics come from differences in minute quantities of flavouring constituents whose concentrations are at the threshold of human sensory perception.· All madeiras are blended and the blender is an artist, giving the blend its distinctive characteristics.· The three islands have distinctive characteristics with the best of the game fishing being on South Uist.

► contribution

· At its most basic level, the railway station was the nineteenth century's distinctive contribution to architectural forms.· It is at this stage Ministers must make their distinctive contribution.· His distinctive contribution was to apply the conventions of estate and garden plans to county maps.

► feature

· The distinctive feature of the method lies in what it does not do.· The consequent leverage is the most distinctive feature of our financial era.· And one of the distinctive features of life here has been a gradual loss of the ability to distinguish right from wrong.· Ideally, of course, each type of music should he noted down according to a method that reflects its distinctive features.· He can begin to analyse the distinctive features of communicative interactions while still using the language of the mentalist.· Female and juvenile have no distinctive features, differing from Calandra and White-winged Larks in lack of white in wing.· The eye-spotted dorsal fin is another distinctive feature.· It is also an extremely distinctive feature in terms of its high level of geographical polarization.

► flavour

· No brewer should ever be afraid of making beer with a distinctive flavour.· To my taste, none of these have a particularly distinctive flavour, but the quality in texture is immediately obvious.· Thanks to some very skilful hanging each of the four rooms used has a very distinctive flavour all its own.· It has a distinctive flavour that blends well with pork.

► form

· He argues that each form of kinship has its distinctive form of arrangements.· Legislation now produced separate apparatuses and spheres of activity, with distinctive forms of knowledge and expertise.· M'ARS specialise in a distinctive form of traditionalism, close to surrealism.· In this tranquil setting stands the distinctive form of Holme Castle, an impressive Victorian stone house built in 1820.

► nature

· Ability to care for the helpless is women's distinctive nature.· The distinctive nature of Ends is further reinforced by the subsequent actions of club officials and police.· The distinctive nature of this pattern was best illustrated in the coaches to away matches.

► pattern

· There, each of the three species does have a very different and highly distinctive pattern of markings.· The bicolor damsel, however, retains its distinctive pattern.· There is much evidence that the fluctuation field involves distinctive patterns of motion.· What mechanisms built the jaw's distinctive pattern, each tooth unique, the bone an asymmetric array of lumps and bumps?· Its runways made a distinctive pattern, a slanting cross, as if some one had slammed a rubber stamp on the scruffy countryside.· Bullock's report says companies that emerge from such university environments follow a distinctive pattern of development.· All the troops in a regiment wear a uniform which has its own distinctive pattern or mix of colours.

► quality

· Education is seen as a process of nurturing individuality, of fostering distinctive qualities that already reside within each individual.

► shape

· All three are of type K. Ara has a fairly distinctive shape.· Each variety is molded into distinctive shapes.· There is no really distinctive shape, but there are two objects of special interest.· And it's a very distinctive shape, which doesn't conform with anything in this room.· Didymograptus species of this type have a distinctive shape like a tuning fork.· Immatures best told from other large immature gulls by distinctive shape of bill, heavy and appearing to droop at tip.· Micraster is sometimes called the heart urchin, because of its distinctive shape.· Yet it is structure which gives to any undertaking its distinctive shape and identity.

► sound

· When running it had a very distinctive sound which quickly earned it the name of Put-put or Phut-phut.· In language the basic units are distinctive sounds and words.· A horse uses a number of distinctive sounds to communicate verbally.· Both pieces combine the distinctive sounds of the New World flute with the more familiar tones of Old World instruments.

► style

· So an illustration may offer far wider possibilities for the art director to achieve special effects and a distinctive style.· The photographs were praised for their individuality and for their many distinctive styles.· Besides such large and expensive works, Stanton produced a considerable number of relatively simple mural tablets, in a distinctive style.· The results are poles apart in terms of character ... each room has a distinctive style of its own.· As a talker, Mrs Cruz had a distinctive style.· Meanwhile private inter-war suburbia had its distinctive style where the semi-detached house was dominant.· Sometimes, quite independent of this influence, certain rural estates continued to practise their own distinctive styles of building.· They gave themselves away by their distinctive styles.

► type

· They come up against our distinctive types of personal defence and weakness.· Each distinctive type should be subject to a rigorous set of explicit rules of discipline.· As early as 1848-9 a new and distinctive type of station had appeared.

► voice

· Drifting out of an open window, riding over a choppy bassline, comes the distinctive voice of Omar.· To Bowman, every actuator in the ship had its own distinctive voice, and he recognized this one instantly.· She had a fairly distinctive voice - certainly none of the women I met around the office today.· But a tracheotomy throat operation which helped to save his life may have changed his distinctive voice for ever.· It was also feared an emergency tracheotomy could have ruined his distinctive voice for good.· Pretty Samantha Mumba sounded like she has a distinctive voice.

► way

· The group shares a distinctive way of life, knowledge, beliefs, codes, tastes and prejudices.· Life-style refers to distinctive ways of living adopted by particular communities or sub-sections of society.· They may also share distinctive ways of communicating, such as a repertoire of sayings and in- jokes.· However, they do so in a distinctive way.· This distinctive way of working and developing women's Art Magazine reflects the organisation's aims and ambitions as a whole.· These brachiopods are preserved in a distinctive way.· Selvedges are more or less the same on all items, but the fringes are secured in a number of distinctive ways.

单词	distinctive
释义	distinctivedis‧tinc‧tive /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/ ●●○ AWL adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A black widow spider has a distinctive red hourglass marking on its stomach. Male birds have distinctive blue and yellow markings. The most distinctive feature of the building is its enormous dome-shaped roof. Whatever you think of Larkin's poetry, it's certainly distinctive. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A skyscraper would obviously be more distinctive than a low bulky design. It is a small species with a distinctive yellow stripe down its back. It was like a jazz class to some extent but with all the rather distinctive movements he had for his actual choreography. One particular strain lives only in the San Francisco Bay Area and gives the sourdough bread from that region its distinctive taste. The manufacturer makes products to match the retailer's specifications and these are labelled with the retailer's own distinctive label. The Provencale beef daube and the zucchini casserole, for instance, were decent but not distinctive. There is much evidence that the fluctuation field involves distinctive patterns of motion. These arrangements entrenched a distinctive land-owning pattern among the peasantry and perpetuated the peasantry's distance from other social estates. Thesaurus THESAURUS► different if something or someone is different, they are not like something or someone else, or they are not like they were before: · You look different. Have you had your hair cut?· We’ve painted the door a different colour.· The cultures of the two countries are very different. ► unique very different, special, or unusual and the only one of its kind. Don’t use words such as very before unique: · The book is certainly very rare, and possibly unique.· the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands ► distinctive having a special feature or appearance that makes something different from other things, and makes it easy to recognize: · Male birds have distinctive blue and yellow markings. ► unlike [preposition] completely different from a particular person or thing: · In Britain, unlike the United States, the government provides health care. ► have nothing in common if two people have nothing in common, they do not have the same interests or opinions and therefore cannot form a friendly relationship: · Apart from the fact that we went to the same school, we have absolutely nothing in common. ► there’s no/little resemblance used when saying that two people or things seem very different: · There’s no resemblance between the two sisters at all.· The final product bore no resemblance to the original proposal (=it was very different). ► dissimilar formal not the same as something else: · These four politically dissimilar states have all signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation. ► be like chalk and cheese British English informal if two people are like chalk and cheese, they are completely different: · It’s hard to believe that they’re brothers – they’re like chalk and cheese! ► be (like) apples and oranges American English informal used when saying that two people or things are very different: · You can't compare residential and commercial real estate markets. It's apples and oranges.· Obama and Romney are apples and oranges.· Comparing homemade soup to canned soup is really comparing apples and oranges. Longman Language Activatorcompletely different from anyone or anything else► unique different, special, or unusual and the only one of its kind: · The book is certainly very rare, and possibly unique.· the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islandsunique among: · The power of speech makes the human race unique among animals. ► distinctive something that is distinctive has a special feature or appearance that makes it different from other things, and makes it easy to recognize: · Male birds have distinctive blue and yellow markings.· Whatever you think of Larkin's poetry, it's certainly distinctive.distinctive feature (of something): · The most distinctive feature of the building is its enormous dome-shaped roof. ► be the only one of its kind if something is the only one of its kind , it is the only one that exists: · The 22-bedroomed clinic will be the only one of its kind in Ireland. ► be one of a kind someone or something that is one of a kind is different because they are the only one to exist or be made: · Marilyn Monroe was one of a kind. There's no such thing as 'the new Monroe'.· Each tile is a work of art, guaranteed one of a kind by the handprint of its maker. ► individual an individual style, way of doing things etc is different from anyone else's and is often fairly unusual: · Every baby has its own, individual personality.· a tennis player with a completely individual stylehighly individual: · She dresses in a highly individual way. ► be a one-off especially British to be so different or unusual that people cannot expect to find anything or meet anyone like them again: · I was really upset when I lost that hat. It was a one-off -- I'll never find another like it.· Doug's achieved a lot with very limited resources. There's no doubt that he's a one-off. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a distinctive/striking appearance (=unusual and interesting)· The unusual leaves give the plant a distinctive appearance. ► a distinguishing/distinctive characteristic (=separating someone or something from others of the same type)· The blue feathers are the distinguishing characteristic of the male bird. ► distinctive/unique flavour (=very different from other foods or drinks)· Juniper berries give the drink its distinctive flavour. ► distinctive/unmistakable sound · Suddenly from below came the unmistakable sound of gunfire. ► distinctive taste · Hops give beer its distinctive bitter taste. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► highly · There, each of the three species does have a very different and highly distinctive pattern of markings.· There is thus no evidence to suggest that definition expansion may provide useful information when applied selectively to highly distinctive words.· In other words, does the expansion of highly distinctive words result in a greater proportion of useful information? ► more · There is a growing band of buyers who want something more distinctive and who are prepared to pay extra for it.· A skyscraper would obviously be more distinctive than a low bulky design.· Corn oil is slightly heavier and more distinctive in flavour - I find it too heavy for salads.· Of course, I am more easily identified and more distinctive, if not distinguished, than most authors. ► most · I argue along with T. J. Clark that Parisian modernism is most distinctive in terms of the disruptive force.· The consequent leverage is the most distinctive feature of our financial era.· The most distinctive land-mark in the parish is the Rimswell water tower, built in 1916 to serve South Holderness with water.· Yet these ego-structures, although perhaps most distinctive of our species, did not appear whole, complete and without a past.· However, financiers, merchants and bankers, such as the Rothschilds and the Barings, remained the most distinctive group.· But the most distinctive feature is the fertilizer plant.· And the most distinctive languages are often the most vulnerable - those of native peoples.· The most distinctive institution of capitalist economies is the privately owned corporation. ► quite · Real diamonds have a quite distinctive, soapy texture to the surface and are immune from water.· It had a big cairn of stones which made it quite distinctive.· There are many overlaps between the approaches, though their specific orientations are quite distinctive.· The station etiquette of the suburban commuter was quite distinctive.· The policy traditions are again quite distinctive in other nations.· Another, contemporary series of Gosol paintings is characterized by a gentle, pastoral mood that is quite distinctive. ► so · That's about ten pounds for every one of the wrinkles that makes them so distinctive.· Individually, each was a stylist with a voice and approach so distinctive they could never be mistaken for anyone else.· He had that elusive quality so distinctive of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.· The Macintosh casing was so distinctive that its visual presence would become as recognizable as a Volkswagen bug.· Anjou wines are so distinctive, that in 1920 a competition was held to design a glass to do them justice. ► very · He created very distinctive passages of ascending chords to accompany the magic bird's flight through the trees.· Loganberries display a purplish dark red colon Their flavor is slightly tart and very distinctive, which makes them useful for winemaking.· The elements selected from the confusion of conflicting movements have this different and very distinctive bias.· Those in my tiresome generation who thought 25 years ago it was so very distinctive, so in, to swear.· There ought to be something very distinctive about the theory that describes the universe.· No prize-winner, perhaps, but a very distinctive Koi.· The all black bottle was very distinctive.· The adult male peregrine is a very distinctive bluey black in colour when seen from the rear. NOUN► character · The distinctive character of the drawing is determined by two quite independent principles.· They evolved rapidly and spread widely, and have a range of distinctive characters to help the investigator in his identifications.· Taken together, they conveyed a view of primary teaching which had a distinctive character.· Such communities acquired their own distinctive character and many welcomed the Evangelical Revival with enthusiasm.· It was the combination of large circulation share and a large number of titles that gave concentration its distinctive character in 1990.· They were in effect an inferior kind of man, with no distinctive character of their own.· What, finally, is the vital, dynamic core of the community that gives it its uniquely distinctive character? ► characteristic · There were three distinctive characteristics about the archosaurs that paleontologists discovered marked them off from their antecedents.· During his lifetime, the distinctive characteristics of his vocation had begun to dwindle.· These distinctive characteristics come from differences in minute quantities of flavouring constituents whose concentrations are at the threshold of human sensory perception.· All madeiras are blended and the blender is an artist, giving the blend its distinctive characteristics.· The three islands have distinctive characteristics with the best of the game fishing being on South Uist. ► contribution · At its most basic level, the railway station was the nineteenth century's distinctive contribution to architectural forms.· It is at this stage Ministers must make their distinctive contribution.· His distinctive contribution was to apply the conventions of estate and garden plans to county maps. ► feature · The distinctive feature of the method lies in what it does not do.· The consequent leverage is the most distinctive feature of our financial era.· And one of the distinctive features of life here has been a gradual loss of the ability to distinguish right from wrong.· Ideally, of course, each type of music should he noted down according to a method that reflects its distinctive features.· He can begin to analyse the distinctive features of communicative interactions while still using the language of the mentalist.· Female and juvenile have no distinctive features, differing from Calandra and White-winged Larks in lack of white in wing.· The eye-spotted dorsal fin is another distinctive feature.· It is also an extremely distinctive feature in terms of its high level of geographical polarization. ► flavour · No brewer should ever be afraid of making beer with a distinctive flavour.· To my taste, none of these have a particularly distinctive flavour, but the quality in texture is immediately obvious.· Thanks to some very skilful hanging each of the four rooms used has a very distinctive flavour all its own.· It has a distinctive flavour that blends well with pork. ► form · He argues that each form of kinship has its distinctive form of arrangements.· Legislation now produced separate apparatuses and spheres of activity, with distinctive forms of knowledge and expertise.· M'ARS specialise in a distinctive form of traditionalism, close to surrealism.· In this tranquil setting stands the distinctive form of Holme Castle, an impressive Victorian stone house built in 1820. ► nature · Ability to care for the helpless is women's distinctive nature.· The distinctive nature of Ends is further reinforced by the subsequent actions of club officials and police.· The distinctive nature of this pattern was best illustrated in the coaches to away matches. ► pattern · There, each of the three species does have a very different and highly distinctive pattern of markings.· The bicolor damsel, however, retains its distinctive pattern.· There is much evidence that the fluctuation field involves distinctive patterns of motion.· What mechanisms built the jaw's distinctive pattern, each tooth unique, the bone an asymmetric array of lumps and bumps?· Its runways made a distinctive pattern, a slanting cross, as if some one had slammed a rubber stamp on the scruffy countryside.· Bullock's report says companies that emerge from such university environments follow a distinctive pattern of development.· All the troops in a regiment wear a uniform which has its own distinctive pattern or mix of colours. ► quality · Education is seen as a process of nurturing individuality, of fostering distinctive qualities that already reside within each individual. ► shape · All three are of type K. Ara has a fairly distinctive shape.· Each variety is molded into distinctive shapes.· There is no really distinctive shape, but there are two objects of special interest.· And it's a very distinctive shape, which doesn't conform with anything in this room.· Didymograptus species of this type have a distinctive shape like a tuning fork.· Immatures best told from other large immature gulls by distinctive shape of bill, heavy and appearing to droop at tip.· Micraster is sometimes called the heart urchin, because of its distinctive shape.· Yet it is structure which gives to any undertaking its distinctive shape and identity. ► sound · When running it had a very distinctive sound which quickly earned it the name of Put-put or Phut-phut.· In language the basic units are distinctive sounds and words.· A horse uses a number of distinctive sounds to communicate verbally.· Both pieces combine the distinctive sounds of the New World flute with the more familiar tones of Old World instruments. ► style · So an illustration may offer far wider possibilities for the art director to achieve special effects and a distinctive style.· The photographs were praised for their individuality and for their many distinctive styles.· Besides such large and expensive works, Stanton produced a considerable number of relatively simple mural tablets, in a distinctive style.· The results are poles apart in terms of character ... each room has a distinctive style of its own.· As a talker, Mrs Cruz had a distinctive style.· Meanwhile private inter-war suburbia had its distinctive style where the semi-detached house was dominant.· Sometimes, quite independent of this influence, certain rural estates continued to practise their own distinctive styles of building.· They gave themselves away by their distinctive styles. ► type · They come up against our distinctive types of personal defence and weakness.· Each distinctive type should be subject to a rigorous set of explicit rules of discipline.· As early as 1848-9 a new and distinctive type of station had appeared. ► voice · Drifting out of an open window, riding over a choppy bassline, comes the distinctive voice of Omar.· To Bowman, every actuator in the ship had its own distinctive voice, and he recognized this one instantly.· She had a fairly distinctive voice - certainly none of the women I met around the office today.· But a tracheotomy throat operation which helped to save his life may have changed his distinctive voice for ever.· It was also feared an emergency tracheotomy could have ruined his distinctive voice for good.· Pretty Samantha Mumba sounded like she has a distinctive voice. ► way · The group shares a distinctive way of life, knowledge, beliefs, codes, tastes and prejudices.· Life-style refers to distinctive ways of living adopted by particular communities or sub-sections of society.· They may also share distinctive ways of communicating, such as a repertoire of sayings and in- jokes.· However, they do so in a distinctive way.· This distinctive way of working and developing women's Art Magazine reflects the organisation's aims and ambitions as a whole.· These brachiopods are preserved in a distinctive way.· Selvedges are more or less the same on all items, but the fringes are secured in a number of distinctive ways. having a special quality, character, or appearance that is different and easy to recognize: a rock band with a distinctive sound► see thesaurus at different—distinctively adverb—distinctiveness noun [uncountable]
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