peculiar

英 [p?'kju?l??] 美[p?'kjul??]

反義詞

CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

比較級:?more peculiar;最高級:?most peculiar;

peculiar 怪異的，奇怪的

來自拉丁語peculium,私人財產，私人錢財，私人牛羊等，來自pecus,家畜，牛，羊，詞源同fee,pecuniary.其原義為私人所有的，個人的，后引申詞義與他人不同的，怪異的，奇怪的。詞義演變比較idiom,idiot,idiosyncrasy.

peculiar: peculiar: [15] The etymological notion underlying peculiar is of ‘not being shared with others’, of being ‘one’s own alone’. It was borrowed from Latin pecūliāris ‘of private property’, a derivative of pecūlium ‘private property’, which in turn was based on pecus ‘cattle’, hence ‘wealth’ (source also of English pecuniary [16]). (A parallel semantic progression from ‘cattle’ to ‘property’ is shown in English fee.) The development of the adjective’s meaning from ‘belonging to oneself alone’ through ‘individual’ to ‘extraordinary, strange’ took place in Latin. Peculate ‘pilfer, embezzle’ [18] also comes ultimately from Latin pecūlium.
=> pecuniary
peculiar (adj.): mid-15c., "belonging exclusively to one person," from Latin peculiaris "of one's own (property)," from peculium "private property," literally "property in cattle" (in ancient times the most important form of property), from pecu "cattle, flock," related to pecus "cattle" (see pecuniary). Meaning "unusual" is first attested c. 1600 (earlier "distinguished, special," 1580s; for sense development, compare idiom). Related: Peculiarly.

1. Flying at 1,000 ft. he heard a peculiar noise from the rotors.: 在1,000英尺的高度飛行時，他聽到旋翼發出一種奇怪的噪音。