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"