英语词汇“peculiar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	peculiar
释义	pe·cu·liar I. \pə̇ˈkyülyə(r), pēˈk-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English peculier, from Latin peculiaris of private property, owned privately, special, extraordinary, from peculium private property, peculium (from pecu cattle) + -aris -ar; akin to Latin pecus cattle — more at fee 1. a. : belonging exclusively or especially to a person or group < a peculiar garb of their own > < a mystic belief in a peculiar soil — M.R.Cohen > b. obsolete : owned or used privately rather than publicly or in common < peculiar fields are turn'd to common roads — William Davenant > < groping for trouts in a peculiar river — Shakespeare > 2. a. archaic : separate, independent b. : of or relating to an ecclesiastical jurisdiction not subject in English canon law to the ordinary of the diocese < the Peculiar Jurisdiction of the Dean of Sarum — H.W.Jones > 3. : tending to be characteristic of one only : distinctive < the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S. — R.B.Taney > < the peculiar responsibility of the junior college — L.L.Medsker > — often used postpositively with to < a drowsy fervor … quite peculiar to her — Thomas Hardy > < problems … peculiar to particular segments of the engineering profession — H.A.Wagner > 4. a. : different from the usual or normal : singular, special, particular < a matter of peculiar interest > < this truth comes to us with peculiar shock — R.B.Heilman > < a man still feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman — Virginia Woolf > b. : strange, curious < a peculiar situation > < said in a peculiar tone — Guy Fowler > < feel a bit peculiar — Richard Joseph > c. : eccentric, queer < her peculiar behavior > < all great writers have been … peculiar — Time > Synonyms: see characteristic, strange II. noun (-s) 1. : something (as an office or place) exempt from ordinary jurisdiction : independent: as a. : a church or parish exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary in whose territory it lies < the Deanery … one of the three Peculiars in the Province — Manchester Guardian Weekly > — compare royal peculiar b. : a piece of land, precinct, or district in the New England colonies not in any town and not constituting a town 2. : something peculiarly one's own: as a. obsolete : an exclusive quality : peculiarity b. obsolete : a private or special interest c. : an exclusive property or privilege : prerogative 3. usually capitalized : one of a religious group called the Peculiar People
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