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rare

英 [reə] 美[rɛr]
  • adj. 稀有的;半熟的;稀薄的
  • adv. 非常;极其
  • vi. 用后腿站起;渴望

英英释意


1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness;
"a rare word"
"rare books"
2. recurring only at long intervals;
"a rare appearance"
"total eclipses are rare events"
3. not widely distributed;
"rare herbs"
"rare patches of gree in the desert"
4. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind;
"what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell
"a rare skill"
"an uncommon sense of humor"
"she was kind to an uncommon degree"
5. having low density;
"rare gasses"
"lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside;
"rare roast beef"