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单词 rara avis
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Definition of rara avis in English:

rara avis

nounPlural rarae aves ˌrɛːrə ˈeɪvɪsˌrɑːrə ˈavɪsˌre(ə)rə ˈāvis
  • another term for rare bird
    Example sentencesExamples
    • By mating Western classical music with the musical traditions of his homeland - both popular and classical - Vali has been the foster-father to a beautiful hybrid, a rara avis.
    • The author of some noteworthy ones, George Caleb Bingham, was himself a rara avis: a professional painter who was also a political candidate.
    • Pull it all together and you will have a rara avis to add zest to your party.
    • ‘It can be stated without fear of contradiction,’ Thomas Baker writes, ‘that the truly clever or amusing law review article is the quintessential rara avis.’
    • Ushenko is that rara avis in contemporary art, a big-hearted romantic satirist.
    • Heller is both a poet and critic, that well-plumed rara avis who flies effortlessly between poetry and criticism and adroitly links their dual legacies.
    Synonyms
    rarity, rare person/thing, rare bird, wonder, marvel, nonpareil, nonesuch, one of a kind, find
    anomaly, curiosity, oddity, aberration, freak
    British informal one-off, oner

Origin

Latin, with reference to Juvenal's Satires, vi.165.

 
 

Definition of rara avis in US English:

rara avis

nounˌre(ə)rə ˈāvis
  • another term for rare bird
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pull it all together and you will have a rara avis to add zest to your party.
    • The author of some noteworthy ones, George Caleb Bingham, was himself a rara avis: a professional painter who was also a political candidate.
    • Heller is both a poet and critic, that well-plumed rara avis who flies effortlessly between poetry and criticism and adroitly links their dual legacies.
    • Ushenko is that rara avis in contemporary art, a big-hearted romantic satirist.
    • ‘It can be stated without fear of contradiction,’ Thomas Baker writes, ‘that the truly clever or amusing law review article is the quintessential rara avis.’
    • By mating Western classical music with the musical traditions of his homeland - both popular and classical - Vali has been the foster-father to a beautiful hybrid, a rara avis.
    Synonyms
    rarity, rare person, rare thing, rare bird, wonder, marvel, nonpareil, nonesuch, one of a kind, find

Origin

Latin, with reference to Juvenal's Satires, vi.165.

 
 
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