peculiarity

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pe·cu·li·ar·i·ty /pɪˌkjuːliˈærəti/ noun (plural peculiarities)  1  [countable]ONLY something that is a feature of only one particular place, person, situation etc 〔某地方、某人或某情况等的〕特点，独特性peculiarity of The lack of a written constitution is a peculiarity of the British political system. 没有一部成文宪法是英国政治制度的一大特点。2  [countable]STRANGE a strange or unusual habit, quality etc 奇异的性质；怪癖 Margaret regarded her mother’s peculiarities with a fond tolerance. 玛格丽特宽容地看待母亲的怪癖。3  [uncountable]STRANGE the quality of being strange or unfamiliar 奇特；怪异；古怪peculiarity of She was well aware of the peculiarity of her own situation. 她非常清楚自己情况的怪异。

Examples from the Corpus

peculiarity• Margaret loved her mother, and regarded her peculiarities with a fond tolerance.• In this lay the historical peculiarity of the capitalist mode of production.• The other concepts betray similar logical peculiarities.• She seemed to have acquired a lot of peculiarities herself.• Not having been associated with people with his range of peculiarities, I wondered whether they were the materials of his prejudices.• The baby literally tunes itself up to the peculiarities of the language that it hears.• To do this, two peculiarities of the labor market must be remembered.peculiarity of• The pharmacist is familiar with the peculiarities of Dr. Klein's handwriting.

pe·cu·li·ar·i·ty nounChineseSyllable  

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peculiarity
pe‧cu‧li‧ar‧i‧ty /pɪˌkjuːliˈærəti, pɪˌkjuːliˈærɪti/ noun (plural peculiarities)
1. [countable] something that is a feature of only one particular place, person, situation etc
    peculiarity of
    The lack of a written constitution is a peculiarity of the British political system.
2. [countable] a strange or unusual habit, quality etc:
    Margaret regarded her mother’s peculiarities with a fond tolerance.
3. [uncountable] the quality of being strange or unfamiliar
    peculiarity of
    She was well aware of the peculiarity of her own situation.

pe·cu·li·ar·ityBrE /pɪˌkjuːliˈærəti/ 🔊NAmE /pɪˌkjuːliˈærəti/ 🔊 noun (

plural

pe·cu·li·ar·ities) [countable] a strange or unusual feature or habit 怪异的性质（或习惯）；怪癖◆a physical peculiarity身体上的特征 [countable] a feature that only belongs to one particular person, thing, place, etc. （人、物、地等的）个性，特色，特点 SYN characteristic ◆the cultural peculiarities of the English英格兰人的文化特点 [uncountable] the quality of being strange or unusual 奇怪；怪异