形容词 · 1
词源
源自拉丁語 pecūliāris (“自己的”)，源自pecūlium (“私人财产”)，源自pecus (“牛”)。
读音
- /pəˈkjuːl.jʊəɹ/
- [pʰəˈkʰjuːl.jʊə]
- [pʰəˈkʰjul.jʊɹ̠]
- [pʰəˈkʰjul.jɚ]
释义
怪异的，离奇的，不寻常的
The sky had a peculiar appearance before the storm.
风暴之前天空的样子很奇怪。
It would be rather peculiar to see a kangaroo hopping down a city street.
看到袋鼠在市里的街上跳着走很奇怪。
I saw nothing peculiar in his conduct, and thought that his arrangement of the ballot box was perfect.
1800, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Deseret Weekly, volume 41, page 379:"Wasn't it peculiar," I heard mother say, "How he wouldn't talk about himself?" "Peculiar?" said father. "Well, yes, in a way." "Everything about him is peculiar." Mother sounded as if she was stirred up and interested. "I never saw a man quite like him before."
2001, Jack Schaefer, Wendell Minor, Shane:（在某地或某场合）特有的，特定于...的
Kangaroos are peculiar to Australia.
袋鼠是澳大利亚特有的动物。
This philosopher found his ideas especially in all that is practical,^([29]) that is, which rests upon freedom, which in its turn ranks under cognitions that are the peculiar product of reason.
1855, Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow, transl., Critique of Pure Reason, volume 1, division 2, translation of Critik der reinen Vernunft by Immanuel Kant:As soon as that operation has taken place, the food is passed down to the stomach, and there it is mixed with the chemical fluid called the gastric juice, a substance which has the peculiar property of making soluble and dissolving out the nutritious matter in the grass, and leaving behind those parts which are not nutritious;
1863, Thomas Huxley, Collected Essays:But of late years extensive Tertiary deposits of Miocene age have been discovered, showing that it is not a mere congeries of volcanoes; it [Iceland] is connected with the British Islands and with Greenland by seas less than 500 fathoms deep; and it possesses a few mammalia, one of which is peculiar, and at least three peculiar species of birds.
1895, Alfred Russel Wallace, “XX: Anomalous Islands: Celebes”, in Island Life:自己的，专属的
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
1769, King James Bible, Titus ii. 14:hymns […] that Christianity hath peculiar unto itself
1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie:合适的，具体的
while each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat
1629, John Milton, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity:My fate is Juno's most peculiar care.
1697, Dryden, John, transl., Aeneid, translation of Aeneis by Virgil:
词形与写法（2）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|---|---|
| more peculiar | comparative | |
| most peculiar | superlative |