Unusual
[ʌn'juːʒʊəl] or [ʌn'jʊʒʊəl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not commonly encountered; 'two-career families are no longer unusual' .
(adj.) not usual or common or ordinary; 'a scene of unusual beauty'; 'a man of unusual ability'; 'cruel and unusual punishment'; 'an unusual meteorite' .
整理:瓦莱丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.
校對:迈拉
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Uncommon, rare, unwonted, singular, remarkable, strange, extraordinary, odd, queer, out of the way.
錄入:里基
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Rare, unwonted, singular, uncommon, remarkable, strange, extraordinary,[SeeFUTILE]
詹妮整理
解釋/意思:
adj. not usual or common.—n. Unusual′ity rarity.—adv. Unū′sually.—n. Unū′sualness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The newspapers had previously published articles showing the unusual capacity and performance of the battery, and public interest had thus been greatly awakened. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Miss Eliott is a very sweet girl, and seemed to enjoy herself, I thought, observed Beth, with unusual warmth. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Did I not say we should see unusual things ere long? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- A four-oared galley hovering about in so unusual a way as to attract this notice was an ugly circumstance that I could not get rid of. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- In about three weeks from that time--as well as I can remember--the first warning reached me of something unusual going on under the surface. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- This speech was delivered with an energy and readiness quite unusual with Mr. Casaubon. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- At least it must be owned, that heroic virtue, being as unusual, is as little natural as the most brutal barbarity. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- His mother drew near, and looked so earnestly into his eyes, that he at once divined that something unusual was the matter. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Bell, inheriting unusual knowledge of the laws of speech and sound, came from the other direction. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The moonlight was strong enough to let him see his daughter in her unusual place and attitude. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Yes, but I do not think that it is such a very unusual thing to have a small opening between two rooms. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- An unusual--to me--a perfectly new character I suspected was yours: I desired to search it deeper and know it better. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Her aunt Bertram had recollected her on this occasion with an unusual degree of wakefulness. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Meyler's spirits sunk into despondency: he actually shed tears, which, with him, was a very unusual event. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- One, his incessant restlessness and excitability--which may be caused, naturally enough, by unusual energy of character. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The apartments were restored to their pristine splendour, and the park, all disrepairs restored, was guarded with unusual care. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- How little practice he had had in dealing with unusual situations! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The governor and his family are served and attended by domestics of a kind somewhat unusual. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Why is this unusual pressure of company? 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- He had been talking all day, on many subjects, and with unusual vivacity. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- This unusual movement attracted the attention of the young man, and as he continued to watch its deliberate movements, he did more than watch. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Upon which, as is not unusual in such cases, a rather angry colloquy ensued. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- They appeared to afford rather an unusual unction to his soul, and his astonishment seemed to me not quite unmixed with gratitude. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- We heard martial music--we saw an unusual number of soldiers walking hurriedly about--there was a general movement among the people. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It is not my fault that so unusual an occurrence has taken place tonight. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Their reason for choosing so unusual an hour for a consultation was obviously to insure that there should be no other patient in the waiting-room. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- A dead silence greeted this unusual flow of words from Mr. van der Luyden. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- No, no--oh, not there,' replied Job, with a quickness very unusual to him, 'not there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Quite so; but the sequel was rather unusual. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Mr. Bell slept soundly, after his unusual exercise through the day. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
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