資料來源 : pyDict

奇特的,罕見的,特殊的,特別的特有財產,特權

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, n.
   1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a
      prerogative; a characteristic.

            Revenge is . . . the peculiar of Heaven. --South.

   2. (Eng. Canon Law) A particular parish or church which is
      exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.

   {Court of Peculiars} (Eng. Law), a branch of the Court of
      Arches having cognizance of the affairs of peculiars.
      --Blackstone.

   {Dean of peculiars}. See under {Dean}, 1.

Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, a. [L. peculiaris, fr. peculium private
   property, akin to pecunia money: cf. OF. peculier. See
   {Pecuniary}.]
   1. One's own; belonging solely or especially to an
      individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal,
      or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common
      or in participation.

            And purify unto himself a peculiar people. --Titus
                                                  ii. 14.

            Hymns . . . that Christianity hath peculiar unto
            itself.                               --Hooker.

   2. Particular; individual; special; appropriate.

            While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat.
                                                  --Milton.

            My fate is Juno's most peculiar care. --Dryden.

   3. Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a
      peculiarappearance.

   Syn: {Peculiar}, {Special}, {Especial}.

   Usage: Peculiar is from the Roman peculium, which was a thing
          emphatically and distinctively one's own, and hence
          was dear. The former sense always belongs to peculiar
          (as, a peculiar style, peculiar manners, etc.), and
          usually so much of the latter as to involve feelings
          of interest; as, peculiar care, watchfulness,
          satisfaction, etc. Nothing of this kind belongs to
          special and especial. They mark simply the relation of
          species to genus, and denote that there is something
          in this case more than ordinary; as, a special act of
          Congress; especial pains, etc.

                Beauty, which, either walking or asleep, Shot
                forth peculiar graces.            --Milton.

                For naught so vile that on the earth doth live,
                But to the earth some special good doth give.
                                                  --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

peculiar
     adj 1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "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}]
     2: unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the
        particular demands of the job"; "has a paraticular
        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(a)}, {peculiar(a)},
         {special(a)}]
     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
     4: characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the
        peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."-
        R.B.Taney [syn: {peculiar(a)}]