| 单词 | peculiarity |
| 释义 | peculiarity (once / 463 pages) n Some characteristic or habit that's odd or distinctive is a peculiarity. Your brother's peculiarities might include always wearing a red knit hat, even in summer. A peculiarity is a quirk or strange feature. You might be self conscious about the fact that your ears are uneven, something you think of as an obvious peculiarity. Another kind of peculiarity is a quality that is specific to someone or something: "One peculiarity of people from the Midwest is that they call soda pop." This "special characteristic" meaning is the original one, which makes sense given the Latin root, peculiaris, "of one's own." WORD FAMILYpeculiarity: peculiarities+/peculiar: peculiarity, peculiarly USAGE EXAMPLESThe peculiarities of Britain’s housing market, in sum, militate against big price declines: in 2007-11, house prices fell by two-thirds as much as in America. Economist(Dec 07, 2016) The view of a multistory apartment complex is instantly legible as a whole but abounds in slow-release peculiarities, revelatory details and telling contradictions. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016) Many of the peculiarities the movie’s Hughes exhibits are borrowed from real-life anecdotes. Time(Nov 22, 2016) 1n an odd or unusual characteristic Syn|Hypo|Hyper distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic calling card a distinguishing characteristic or behavior characteristic, feature a prominent attribute or aspect of something 2n a distinguishing trait Syn|Hypo|Hyper distinctiveness, speciality, specialness, specialty foible, idiosyncrasy, mannerism a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual individualism, individuality, individuation the quality of being individual 3n something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting Syn|Hypo|Hyper curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, rarity bric-a-brac, knickknack, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot miscellaneous curios collectable, collectiblethings considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) collector's item, piece de resistance, showpiecethe outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection chachka, tchotchke, tsatske, tshatshke(Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket rariora(plural) rare collector's items object, physical object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow |
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