rarity

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹɛəɹəti/|/ˈɹɛːɹətɪj/    美 /ˈɹeːɹəti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A measure of the scarcity of an object.
  2. Thinness; the property of having low density
    — Only the increasing rarity bothered him, and he thought that perhaps it was this which had turned the heads of other travellers and excited those absurd tales of night-gaunts whereby they explained the loss of such climbers as fell from these perilous paths.
  3. A rare object.
    — Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.

词形变化

rarities plural

词汇关系

近义词
black swan lightning in a bottle one in a million rara avis rare bird rarity rocking horse shit unicorn
反义词
formula model rule standard standard thing
衍生词
megararity sharity zone of rarity
相关词
rare rarely anomaly rareness occasionally

词源

From rare + -ity, borrowed from Middle French rarité, from Latin rāritās; compare French rareté. See also rare.
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