词组 | peculiar |
释义 | peculiar When peculiar is used to mean "characteristic of one only," it is usually followed by the preposition to: • ... a drowsy fervour of manner and tone which was quite peculiar to her —Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, 1878 • ... the French woman, from very early times, has shown qualities peculiar to herself —Henry Adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, 1904 • ... the system shown has some aspects peculiar to service life —William H. Whyte, Jr., Is Anybody Listening?, 1952 • ... they must be characters peculiar to this story and no other —Shirley Jackson, The Writer, January 1969 |
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