| 词汇 | rare |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1. rare (adj.1) "unusual," c.1420, originally "few in number and widely separated," from O.Fr. rere "sparse" (14c.), from L. rarus "thinly sown, having a loose texture," from PIE *er-, *ere- "to loose, split, separate" (cf. Skt. rte "besides, except," viralah "distant, tight, rare;" O.C.S. oriti "to dissolve, destroy;" Lith. irti "to dissolve;" O.C.S. rediku "rare;" Gk. eremos "solitary"). "Few in number," hence, "unusual" (1542). Rarity is attested from 1560, from M.Fr. rarité (16c.), from L. raritas "thinness, fewness," from rarus. In chemistry, rare earth is from 1875. 2. rare (adj.2) "undercooked," 1655, variant of M.E. rere, from O.E. hrer "lightly cooked," probably related to hreran "to stir, move." Originally of eggs, not recorded in reference to meat until 1784, and according to OED, in this sense "formerly often regarded as an Americanism, although it was current in many English dialects ...." 3. rare (v.) "rise up," 1833, dialectal variant of rear (v.). Sense of "eager" (in raring to go) first recorded 1909. 词根记忆： a. 稀有的,难得的,珍奇的;稀薄的,稀疏的I'm rarely aware that the square area is bare.我很少觉察到那个正方形区域是光秃秃的. |
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