单词 | rara avis |
释义 | rara avis[ rair-uh -ey-vis; Latin rah-rah -ah-wis ] / ˈrɛər ə ˈeɪ vɪs; Latin ˈrɑ rɑ ˈɑ wɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rara avis ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural ra·rae a·ves [rair-ee -ey-veez; Latin rah-rahy -ah-wes]. /ˈrɛər i ˈeɪ viz; Latin ˈrɑ raɪ ˈɑ wɛs/.a rare person or thing; rarity. Origin of rara avisFirst recorded in 1600–10, rara avis is from Latin rāra avis “rare bird” Words nearby rara avisraptured, rapture of the deep, rapturous, raptus, RAR, rara avis, rare, rarebit, rare book, rare earth, rare-earth element Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for rara avisrara avis / (ˈrɛərə ˈeɪvɪs) / noun plural rarae aves (ˈrɛəriː ˈeɪviːz)an unusual, uncommon, or exceptional person or thing Word Origin for rara avisLatin: rare bird Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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