Rare

(adj.) not widely distributed; 'rare herbs'; 'rare patches of green in the desert' .

(adj.) not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; 'a rare word'; 'rare books' .

(adj.) (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; 'rare roast beef' .

(adj.) recurring only at long intervals; 'a rare appearance'; 'total eclipses are rare events' .

(adj.) marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; 'what is so rare as a day in June'-J.R.Lowell; 'a rare skill'; 'an uncommon sense of humor'; 'she was kind to an uncommon degree' .

(adj.) having low density; 'rare gasses'; 'lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air' .

德布斯录入

• Or I could turn you a rare handle for that crutch-stick, if it belongs to him you call your father. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He was one of those rare men who are rigid to themselves and indulgent to others. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Very rare, yes, Pablo said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It was in those days rather a rare accomplishment, and led to her engagement with the orthodox Miss Pinkerton. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• That is something truly rare, the gypsy said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• These revolutions require a rare combination of personal audacity and social patience. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Perhaps these are rarer personages than some of us think for. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It is something much more impersonal and harder--and rarer. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Of course there is always a great deal of poor work: the rarer things want that soil to grow in. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But the other drunkard was something rarer still. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• And that, let me tell you, was becoming a treat of the rarest kind in our household. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• My precious thorn roots, the rarest of all firing, that I laid by on purpose for Christmas--you have burnt 'em nearly all! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• That's the rarest thing that can happen in Spain. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Everywhere were these noiseless ruddy creatures of fire drifting near the surface of the water, caught at by the rarest, scarce visible reflections. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It was the rarest spectacle that ever astounded mortal eyes, perhaps. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• One of the rarest of all the intellectual accomplishments that a man can possess is the grand faculty of arranging his ideas. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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