rare bird

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unusual or exceptional person or thing. figuratively
    — An occasional Afghan makes a good bushman. These rare birds, with the help of natives, found that by winding in and out over the soft ground of the valleys they could bring a camel-train where no wheeled transport could go.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rare, bird.

词形变化

rare birds plural

词源

Calque of Latin rāra avis, part of a commonly quoted line from Juvenal's Satire VI: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan").
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