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 rare [rɛr]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 稀罕的, 罕有的, 珍奇的, 稀薄的, 半熟的, 非常好的

ad. 非常




    rare
    [ adj ]
    1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

      2. <adj.all>
      a rare word
      rare books
    2. recurring only at long intervals

      3. <adj.all>
      a rare appearance
      total eclipses are rare events
    3. not widely distributed

      4. <adj.all>
      rare herbs
      rare patches of green in the desert
    4. having low density

      5. <adj.all>
      rare gasses
      lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
    5. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind

      6. <adj.all>
      what is so rare as a day in June
      a rare skill
      an uncommon sense of humor
      she was kind to an uncommon degree
    6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside

      7. <adj.all>
      rare roast beef


    Rare \Rare\ (r[^a]r), a. [Cf. {Rather}, {Rath}.]
    Early. [Obs.]

    Rude mechanicals that rare and late
    Work in the market place. --Chapman.


    Rare \Rare\, a. [Compar. {Rarer} (r[^a]r"[~e]r); superl.
    {Rarest}.] [Cf. AS. hr[=e]r, or E. rare early. [root]18.]
    Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked;
    underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.

    New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care
    Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare. --Dryden.

    Note: This word is in common use in the United States, but in
    England its synonym {underdone} is preferred.


    Rare \Rare\, a. [Compar. {Rarer} (r[^a]r"[~e]r); superl.
    {Rarest}.] [F., fr. L. rarus thin, rare.]
    1. Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a
    rare event.

    2. Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a
    degree seldom found.

    Rare work, all filled with terror and delight.
    --Cowley.

    Above the rest I judge one beauty rare. --Dryden.

    3. Thinly scattered; dispersed.

    Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --Milton.

    4. Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose
    texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere
    at high elevations.

    Water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence
    nineteen times rarer, than gold. --Sir I.
    Newton.

    Syn: Scarce; infrequent; unusual; uncommon; singular;
    extraordinary; incomparable.

    Usage: {Rare}, {Scarce}. We call a thing rare when but few
    examples, specimens, or instances of it are ever to be
    met with; as, a rare plant. We speak of a thing as
    scarce, which, though usually abundant, is for the
    time being to be had only in diminished quantities;
    as, a bad harvest makes corn scarce.

    A perfect union of wit and judgment is one of
    the rarest things in the world. --Burke.

    When any particular piece of money grew very
    scarce, it was often recoined by a succeeding
    emperor. --Addison.

    1. According to Imperial Household Agency rules, he may be seen but not heard on television, except in rare appearances before the public, and palace officials refuse to describe his private conversations.
    2. Since television Westerns are now as rare as dragon's teeth it is a pity this one is not better.
    3. But when interferon, a protein touted as a cure-all, proved useful against only one or two rare cancers, some companies got caught in the downdraft of waning investor support.
    4. Mr. Bryan can't afford any mistakes as he undertakes something rare in Britain: A bitter, U.S.-style proxy contest.
    5. Comedy makes a rare appearance in this year's Academy Awards, with stand-up comic Robin Williams vying with four dramatic performers for the prize as best actor.
    6. This split is "not a rare event, if you define rare as something that almost never happens.
    7. This split is "not a rare event, if you define rare as something that almost never happens.
    8. Spare phone jacks are rare; those already in use for the phones are often hidden behind heavy furniture; and some phones are wired directly into the wall without a plug-in phone jack.
    9. The action included a rare decision by the board to make straight payments rather than arranging a takeover by another institution.
    10. On a rare day off Saturday, Daniels sharpened tools and tinkered with his truck in the front yard, which adjoins a cotton field.
    11. The case marked one of the rare occasions such a suit had reached the courtroom.
    12. Females, with rare exceptions, are little affected by most X chromosome defects because they have two X chromosomes.
    13. American movies are still rare because the Chinese won't pay the big distribution fees Hollywood requires.
    14. There also lurks a rare but potentially lethal threat: the spokesman scandal.
    15. "It would be very rare for a snail shell to be more than 20 percent contaminated," he said.
    16. The XR4Ti is one of Ford's rare marketing failures in the 1980s.
    17. It's not his or mine." But that sentiment, which native Georgian Josef V. Stalin tried to instill by uprooting whole nationalities from their homelands, is proving to be rare among the myriad minorities of the Soviet Union.
    18. Under questioning by defense attorney Ira London, he conceded that Lisa's symptoms _ vomiting, liver malfunction, and unconsciousness _ were similar to those of Reye's syndrome, a rare viral illness that afflicts children.
    19. There is comfort in knowing that's probably more common than rare.
    20. In its 38 years, The Nature Conservancy has saved threatened lands ranging from 343 square miles of rare New Mexican desert grassland to a heron feeding ground on nine-tenths of an acre of Connecticut marsh.
    21. At Touchstone, brooding artiness or shoot-'em-up action pictures are rare, and most film makers are kept on a tight leash.
    22. Poland is in the midst of a rare summer heat wave, with temperatures in the 90s.
    23. Either he is a penny-pinching manager, obstinately hoarding his pile of cash, or he is a grand strategist with the rare talent of avoiding all the worst pitfalls of the defence and consumer electronics industries.
    24. Mr. Dukakis is also said to be talking regularly with New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley, another rare voice of Democratic reason.
    25. However, to watch Harriet Walter, Clare Higgins and Gillian Barge in their roles is a rare privilege.
    26. Daily increases in the amount of warehoused copper registered with the Commodity Exchange have been rare since October 1987, when the Comex copper inventory stood at nearly 90,000 short tons.
    27. Although that kind of fee arrangement is still relatively rare, money managers expect to see much more of it this year.
    28. The vote in the 159-member assembly was conducted in a rare roll call ballot requested by Jordan, a departure from the standard electronic voting.
    29. Many will want to catch up on education they missed while fighting for Spear of the Nation, the ANC military wing, but black schools are overcrowded, qualified teachers are rare and violence has disrupted classes for years.
    30. "I think it's been rare to find a president in the history of the United States who knows German history and German politics so well as this president.
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