rare
rare 英 [reə(r)] 美 [rer]
adj. 稀有的
比较级:rarer 最高级:rarest
- If an event is rare, it doesn't happen often. If an object is rare, there aren't many of its kind. Obviously, finding a rare gem is a rare occasion.
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- adj. 稀有的
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1. a rare disease, a rare occurrence, a rare sight
罕见的疾病╱事件；难得一见的事物
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2. It's extremely rare for it to be this hot in April.
四月份就这样炎热是极其罕见的。
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3. It is rare to find such loyalty these days.
这样忠心耿耿，在今天非常少见。
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4. a rare book, a rare coin, a rare stamp
珍贵的书╱硬币╱邮票
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5. a rare plant
珍奇植物
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6. This species is extremely rare.
这一物种极为罕见。
- rare (adj.1) "unusual," late 14c., "thin, airy, porous;" mid-15c., "few in number and widely separated, sparsely distributed, seldom found;" from Old French rere "sparse" (14c.), from Latin rarus "thinly sown, having a loose texture; not thick; having intervals between, full of empty spaces," from PIE *ra-ro-, from root *ere- "to separate; adjoin" (source also of Sanskrit rte "besides, except," viralah "distant, tight, rare;" Old Church Slavonic rediku "rare," Old Hittite arhaš "border," Lithuanian irti "to be dissolved"). "Few in number," hence, "unusual." Related: Rareness. In chemistry, rare earth is from 1818.
- rare (adj.2) "undercooked," 1650s, variant of Middle English rere, from Old English hrere "lightly cooked," probably related to hreran "to stir, move, shake, agitate," from Proto-Germanic *hrorjan (source also of Old Frisian hrera "to stir, move," Old Saxon hrorian, Dutch roeren, German rühren, Old Norse hroera), from PIE root *kere- "to mix, confuse; cook" (source also of Greek kera- "to mix," krasis "mixture"). Originally of eggs, not recorded in reference to meat until 1784, and according to OED, in this sense "formerly often regarded as an Americanism, although it was current in many English dialects ...."
- rare (v.) "rise up," 1833, dialectal variant of rear (v.1). Sense of "eager" (in raring to go) first recorded 1909. Related: Rared; raring.
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