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单词 rare
释义 rare
rare1
 —rareness,  n.  
 /rair/, adj., rarer, rarest.
  1. coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: a rare disease; His visits are rare occasions.
  2. thinly distributed over an area; few and widely separated: Lighthouses are rare on that part of the coast.
  3. having the component parts not closely compacted together; not dense: rare gases; lightheaded from the rare mountain air.
  4. unusually great: a rare display of courage.
  5. unusually excellent; admirable; fine: She showed rare tact in inviting them.
 [1350-1400; ME < L rarus loose, wide apart, thin, infrequent]
 Syn. 1. exceptional, extraordinary, singular. 2. sparse, infrequent. 5. choice, incomparable, inimitable.
 Ant. 1. common. 2. frequent. 5. inferior.
rare2
 —rareness,  n.  
 /rair/, adj., rarer, rarest.
 (of meat) cooked just slightly: He likes his steak rare.
 [1645-55; var. of earlier rear, ME rere, OE hrer lightly boiled]
rare3
 /rair/,  v.i.  , rared, raring. Older Use.
 rear2 (def. 6).
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