rara avis
短语[拉]少见的鸟, 稀有事物[人物], 神童, 珍品
发音
UK
/ˌɹɑːɹə ˈeɪvɪs/
UK
/ˌɹɛː-/
UK
/-ˈɑːvɪs/
UK
/-ˈævɪs/
US
/ˌɹɑɹə ˈeɪvɪs/
UK
/ˌɹɑːɹiː ˈeɪviːs/
UK
/ˌɹɑːɹaɪ-/
UK
/ˌɹɛːɹiː-/
UK
/ˌɹɛːɹaɪ-/
UK
/-ˈɑːviːs/
UK
/-ˈæviːs/
US
/ˌɹɑɹi ˈeɪvis/
词形变化
rara avises
复数
rara avises
rarae aves
raræ aves
rarae aves
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raræ aves
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释义与例句
n.
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1.
A rare species or type of bird.
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2.
A rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing; a rare bird.
比喻That Parsons girl is quite the rara avis if you ask me.
词汇关系
词源
Unadapted borrowing from Latin rāra avis (“rare bird”). The synonym rare bird is attested earlier. The term is a quotation from Satire VI (written late 1st century – early 2nd century C.E.) of the Roman poet Juvenal: “Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno [a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan]!”. The plural form rarae aves is a learned borrowing from Latin rārae avēs.
来源：wiktionary