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单词 Welsh rarebit
释义

Welsh or (obsolete) Welch /welsh/

adjective

Relating to Wales or its inhabitants

plural noun

The inhabitants of Wales

singular noun

Their P-Celtic or Brythonic language, a development of the ancient British language, related to Cornish and Breton

ORIGIN: OE (Anglian and Kentish) welisc, from wealh foreigner, the Anglo-Saxons' word for Briton, Welshman, foreigner; from L Volcae, orig a Gaulish tribe

Welshˈness noun

Welsh aunt or Welsh uncle noun (dialect)

A first cousin of one's father or mother

Welsh dresser noun

A dresser usu with open shelves above cupboards and drawers

Welsh harp noun

A large harp with three rows of strings, two tuned in unison and in the diatonic scale, the third in the sharps and flats of the chromatic

Welsh hook noun

An old weapon, a billhook or something similar

Welshˈman or Welshˈwoman noun

A native of Wales

Welsh onion noun

The cibol

Welsh poppy noun

A European poppy (Meconopsis cambrica) with long slender stems and yellow flowers

Welsh rabbit or Welsh rarebit see rarebit under rare1

Welsh terrier noun

A terrier with a rough black-and-tan coat

rare1 /rār/

adjective
  1. Seldom encountered
  2. Uncommon
  3. Excellent
  4. Especially good
  5. Extraordinary
  6. Used as a mere intensive, esp with and (informal)
  7. (of the atmosphere) thin
  8. Not dense
  9. Sparse
ORIGIN: Fr, from L rārus

rarefacˈtion /rār-i- or rar-i-/ noun

Rarefying

rarefacˈtive adjective

rarˈefīable adjective

rarˈefied adjective

  1. (of the atmosphere) thin
  2. Refined, exclusive
  3. Esoteric

rarˈefy transitive verb and intransitive verb (rarˈefying; rarˈefied)

To make or become less dense, to refine

rāreˈly adverb

  1. Seldom
  2. Choicely
  3. Remarkably well

rāreˈness noun

rarity /rārˈ or rarˈi-ti/ noun

  1. The state of being rare
  2. Thinness
  3. Something valued for its scarcity
  4. Uncommonness

rare bird noun

An exceptional person or thing

rareˈbit noun

(often called Welsh rarebit) melted cheese, with or without ale, on hot toast (also rabbit or Welsh rabbit)

rare earth noun

  1. An oxide of a rare-earth element, any of a group of metallic elements (some of them rare) closely similar in chemical properties and very difficult to separate
  2. Now more usu a rare-earth element itself

rare gas noun

Inert gas

rare groove noun

A genre of music that mixes 1970s soul and funk with sampling and electronically generated sounds

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