rare

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. not widely known;
especially valued for its uncommonness (Freq. 6)
- a rare word
- rare books
• Similar to:
uncommon
2. recurring only at long intervals (Freq. 2)
- a rare appearance
- total eclipses are rare events
• Similar to:
infrequent
• Derivationally related forms:
rareness
3. not widely distributed (Freq. 2)
- rare herbs
- rare patches of green in the desert
• Similar to:
scarce
• Derivationally related forms:
rareness, rarity
4. having low density
- rare gasses
- lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
• Syn:
rarefied, rarified
• Similar to:
thin
• Derivationally related forms:
rarity
5. marked by an uncommon quality;
especially superlative or extreme of its kind
- "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell
- a rare skill
- an uncommon sense of humor
- she was kind to an uncommon degree
• Syn:
uncommon
• Similar to:
extraordinary
• Derivationally related forms:
uncommonness (for: uncommon), rarity
6. (of meat) cooked a short time;
still red inside
- rare roast beef
• Similar to:
raw

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  uncommon, rarefied, rarified