Tra từ peculiar - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

adjective

1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected (Freq. 9)
- a curious hybrid accent
- her speech has a funny twang
- they have some funny ideas about war
- had an odd name
- the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
- something definitely queer about this town
- what a rum fellow
- singular behavior
• Syn:
curious, funny, odd, queer, rum,
rummy, singular
• Similar to:
strange, unusual
• Derivationally related forms:
singularity (for: singular), queerness (for: queer), peculiarity, oddity (for: odd), curiousness (for: curious), curiosity (for: curious)
2. unique or specific to a person or thing or category (Freq. 6)
- the particular demands of the job
- has a particular preference for Chinese art
- a peculiar bond of sympathy between them
- an expression peculiar to Canadians
- rights peculiar to the rich
- the special features of a computer
- my own special chair
• Syn:
particular, special
• Similar to:
specific
• Derivationally related forms:
specialness (for: special), particularity (for: particular)
3. markedly different from the usual
- a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats
- "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf
• Similar to:
unusual
4. characteristic of one only;
distinctive or special
- "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney
• Similar to:
characteristic
• Derivationally related forms:
peculiarity