🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 6901 COCA: 6725

uncommon

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
uncommon /ˌʌnˈkɑːmən/ adjective
uncommon
/ˌʌnˈkɑːmən/
adjective
Learner's definition of UNCOMMON
[more uncommon; most uncommon]
: not often found, seen, or experienced : unusual不寻常的;不常见的
: not ordinary : remarkable or exceptional出色的;非凡的

— uncommonly

adverb
BNC: 6901 COCA: 6725

uncommon

adjective

un·​com·​mon ˌən-ˈkä-mən How to pronounce uncommon (audio)
1
: not ordinarily encountered : unusual
an uncommon plant
2
: remarkable, exceptional
a soldier of uncommon courage
uncommonly adverb
uncommonness noun
Choose the Right Synonym for uncommon

infrequent, uncommon, scarce, rare, sporadic mean not common or abundant.

infrequent implies occurrence at wide intervals in space or time.

infrequent family visits

uncommon suggests a frequency below normal expectation.

smallpox is now uncommon in many countries

scarce implies falling short of a standard or required abundance.

jobs were scarce during the Depression

rare suggests extreme scarcity or infrequency and often implies consequent high value.

rare first editions

sporadic implies occurrence in scattered instances or isolated outbursts.

sporadic cases of influenza

Example Sentences

It is not uncommon for people to become depressed after they retire. an athlete with uncommon ability a soldier of uncommon courage She is an uncommon woman.
Recent Examples on the Web Loud parties are a regular complaint to police, but concerns about safety are not uncommon. Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2022 This is not uncommon in economic development projects. Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022 Water problems are not uncommon in the city due to its aging infrastructure that is in desperate need of upgrades. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022 While retiring at 33 is uncommon in any part of the world, stopping young was always Joshua’s ultimate goal. Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2022 Most cobalt, for instance, is dug out in Congo, where child labor is not uncommon, specifically in mining. Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Charness is coauthor of recent research in the New England Journal of Medicine that suggests such rebounds are not uncommon and that patients who rebound can have high levels of virus capable of infecting others. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022 Passing The Acid Test As recently as the 1970s, LSD therapy was not an entirely uncommon practice. Ronit Molko, Forbes, 19 May 2022 The Cornell ibis escaped this treatment but was seemingly folded into its current form, with its head twisted back and its rib cage and sternum removed—an uncommon practice for the time. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of uncommon was circa 1576
BNC: 6901 COCA: 6725
uncommon

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe不尋常become變得不尋常ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常不尋常by no means, far from, not at all一點兒不罕見;很平常Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.這些看法在 30 年前很常見。relatively比較不尋常still仍然不尋常Such technologies were still uncommon in the US.這些技術在美國仍然不同尋常。

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime