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单词 trait
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Definition of trait in English:

trait

noun treɪtreɪttreɪt
  • 1A distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.

    the traditionally British trait of self-denigration
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The F, or femininity, scale measures socially desirable personality traits perceived to be stereotypically characteristic of women.
    • Completely inhabiting his character's traits and quirks, he is tailor made for the role.
    • The distinction being that personality traits dictate how people use and abuse drugs.
    • It could take you years to really know a city, but you can pick up on its character traits in about an hour.
    • There will always be some distinct personality trait that will set them apart from one another.
    • One of her brother's more admirable personality traits was his general lack of prejudice.
    • In talking with the many men, she had come to distinguish similar traits in all of them.
    • Lying is one of the most human of traits that really distinguishes us from the rest of the animal world.
    • Insomnia is also a common trait of anyone who uses computers for more than a few hours a day.
    • It must be common trait among women, being better at cooking once you're married.
    • Also, at least in maturity, people seem to have relatively stable character traits.
    • There were no differences between groups in their self-reported worry and trait anxiety.
    • This is not a common trait in oncologists, or other doctors who deal with death on a daily basis.
    • He re-read his father's autobiography and realised they shared many character traits.
    • A character trait shared by many program managers is a belief they will complete their project on schedule within budget.
    • Absorption is a personality trait associated with fantasy proneness, vivid imagery and so forth.
    • But they all share a common trait - frustration at the obstacles put in the way of progress.
    • A recognised trait among gamblers is that you are likely to spend more when you are not physically handing over money.
    • It may seem facile, but teams do reflect the traits and characteristics of their coaches.
    • Humility is the finest of all virtues and is the source of all admirable character traits.
    Synonyms
    characteristic, attribute, feature, quality, essential quality, property, distinction, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, quirk, foible, singularity, oddity, eccentricity, abnormality, mark, trademark, hallmark, earmark
    mannerism, way, trick, habit, custom, tendency
    literary lineament
    1. 1.1 A genetically determined characteristic.
      breeders were installing some trait that allowed the crop to thrive
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They have lived on, the recessive traits in our genetic coding, and they have emerged in us.
      • For example, a child may inherit certain traits from his parents such as height.
      • An underlying factor may be any measurable value, continuous or discrete, that influences the phenotypic traits of interest.
      • Most of her seeds are chosen because of the parents' hardy traits, so the genetic base of the garden is superb.
      • To be honest it's an eye opener, and the definite implication is that we can't help acting upon our genetic traits.
      • Repeatability of evolution of quantitative traits is influenced by the genetic substrate for selection and genetic correlations among traits.
      • Studies of genetic variation of morphological traits in natural populations of mammals are essential to understanding their evolution.
      • This suggests that these traits are genetically controlled depending on the growth stages of leaves.
      • In the latter case, the male and female traits may drift along the line of equilibria.
      • The relationships between the genetic variability of complex agronomic traits and traits for these two enzymes are discussed.
      • The people who emerged from this genetic bottleneck had traits never before seen in human beings.
      • They say the teachers were simply trying to teach genetics and family traits.
      • Furthermore, by inbreeding his livestock he fixed and exaggerated those traits he felt to be desirable.
      • Body mass is one of the most common sexually selected male traits among animal taxa.
      • Here we identify three reproductive strategies of adult male grackles and the phenotypic traits associated with each strategy.
      • Nevertheless, dispersal can interact with other traits in determining plant fitness.
      • The most common traits created in GM crops are herbicide tolerance or insect resistance.
      • In fact IQ is a great example of a trait that is highly heritable but not genetically determined.
      • These parameters could be considered as quantitative traits and characterize a genotype.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, from Latin tractus 'drawing, draught' (see tract1). An early sense was 'stroke of the pen or pencil in a picture', giving rise to the sense 'a particular feature of mind or character' (mid 18th century).

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea
 
 

Definition of trait in US English:

trait

nountreɪttrāt
  • 1A distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.

    he was a letter-of-the-law man, a common trait among coaches
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Completely inhabiting his character's traits and quirks, he is tailor made for the role.
    • Absorption is a personality trait associated with fantasy proneness, vivid imagery and so forth.
    • It must be common trait among women, being better at cooking once you're married.
    • Humility is the finest of all virtues and is the source of all admirable character traits.
    • It may seem facile, but teams do reflect the traits and characteristics of their coaches.
    • It could take you years to really know a city, but you can pick up on its character traits in about an hour.
    • The distinction being that personality traits dictate how people use and abuse drugs.
    • There were no differences between groups in their self-reported worry and trait anxiety.
    • There will always be some distinct personality trait that will set them apart from one another.
    • He re-read his father's autobiography and realised they shared many character traits.
    • One of her brother's more admirable personality traits was his general lack of prejudice.
    • This is not a common trait in oncologists, or other doctors who deal with death on a daily basis.
    • But they all share a common trait - frustration at the obstacles put in the way of progress.
    • Lying is one of the most human of traits that really distinguishes us from the rest of the animal world.
    • Insomnia is also a common trait of anyone who uses computers for more than a few hours a day.
    • Also, at least in maturity, people seem to have relatively stable character traits.
    • A recognised trait among gamblers is that you are likely to spend more when you are not physically handing over money.
    • In talking with the many men, she had come to distinguish similar traits in all of them.
    • A character trait shared by many program managers is a belief they will complete their project on schedule within budget.
    • The F, or femininity, scale measures socially desirable personality traits perceived to be stereotypically characteristic of women.
    Synonyms
    characteristic, attribute, feature, quality, essential quality, property, distinction, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, quirk, foible, singularity, oddity, eccentricity, abnormality, mark, trademark, hallmark, earmark
    1. 1.1 A genetically determined characteristic.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To be honest it's an eye opener, and the definite implication is that we can't help acting upon our genetic traits.
      • Studies of genetic variation of morphological traits in natural populations of mammals are essential to understanding their evolution.
      • In the latter case, the male and female traits may drift along the line of equilibria.
      • Furthermore, by inbreeding his livestock he fixed and exaggerated those traits he felt to be desirable.
      • Repeatability of evolution of quantitative traits is influenced by the genetic substrate for selection and genetic correlations among traits.
      • An underlying factor may be any measurable value, continuous or discrete, that influences the phenotypic traits of interest.
      • They say the teachers were simply trying to teach genetics and family traits.
      • This suggests that these traits are genetically controlled depending on the growth stages of leaves.
      • In fact IQ is a great example of a trait that is highly heritable but not genetically determined.
      • These parameters could be considered as quantitative traits and characterize a genotype.
      • Body mass is one of the most common sexually selected male traits among animal taxa.
      • Nevertheless, dispersal can interact with other traits in determining plant fitness.
      • For example, a child may inherit certain traits from his parents such as height.
      • Most of her seeds are chosen because of the parents' hardy traits, so the genetic base of the garden is superb.
      • The most common traits created in GM crops are herbicide tolerance or insect resistance.
      • The people who emerged from this genetic bottleneck had traits never before seen in human beings.
      • Here we identify three reproductive strategies of adult male grackles and the phenotypic traits associated with each strategy.
      • They have lived on, the recessive traits in our genetic coding, and they have emerged in us.
      • The relationships between the genetic variability of complex agronomic traits and traits for these two enzymes are discussed.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, from Latin tractus ‘drawing, draft’ (see tract). An early sense was ‘stroke of the pen or pencil in a picture’, giving rise to the sense ‘a particular feature of mind or character’ (mid 18th century).

 
 
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