peculiar
adjective
uk/pɪˈkjuː.li.ər/us/pɪˈkjuːl.jɚ/peculiaradjective(STRANGE)
B2
unusualandstrange, sometimes in anunpleasantway:
奇怪的，古怪的She has the most peculiarideas.她的想法非常古怪。
What a peculiarsmell!多么奇怪的气味！
It's peculiarthatthey didn'ttellus they were going away.真奇怪，他们并没有告诉我们他们要外出。
UKThevideoonroadaccidentsmade mefeelratherpeculiar(=ill).交通意外的录像让我感觉很不舒服。
Synonyms
bizarre
curious(STRANGE)mainlyUK
eccentric(STRANGE)
eerie
flaky(PERSON)informalsometimesoffensive
freakish
funny(STRANGE)
odd(STRANGE)
outlandishdisapproving
spookyinformal
strange(UNUSUAL)
weird
strange
- strangeShe's a strange girl.
- oddI always thought there was something a bit odd about her.
- bizarreI had a really bizarre dream last night.
- weirdHis films are so weird that I can barely get through them.
- funnyThis lemonade tastes funny.
- peculiarThe chicken had a peculiar smell.
- Istoodup tooquicklyand came over all peculiar.
- "She's a veryfunnywoman." "Funny ha-ha orfunnypeculiar?"
- Thissaucesmellsreally peculiar.
- Helen's reallynicebut her husband'sratherpeculiar.
- That's aratherpeculiaroutfitshe'swearing!
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abnormally
- add
- Alice-in-Wonderland
- freakishness
- funnily
- funnily enoughidiom
- ghostliness
- ghoul
- perversely
- perversity
- perverted
- pervy
- presence
- wack
- wackadoodle
- wackiness
- wacky
- warped
peculiaradjective(BELONGING TO)
C2
belongingto,relatingto, orfoundin onlyparticularpeopleor things:
独特的，特有的He gets on with things in his own peculiar way/manner/fashion.他处理事情有自己独特的方法／方式。
Theynotedthatspecialmannerofwalkingthat was peculiartoheralone.他们注意到了她特有的那种走路姿势。
Thistypeofbuildingis peculiartothesouthof thecountry.这种建筑物是该国南部所特有的。
Particular and individual
- be the very thingidiom
- biomarker
- calling card
- capita
- certain
- especially
- head
- individual
- individualistically
- individuality
- individualized
- individually
- interindividual
- matter
- pet
- respectively
- separately
- severally
- specific
- specifically