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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