Peculiarity

(noun.) a distinguishing trait.

(noun.) an odd or unusual characteristic.

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• The latter peculiarity took the form of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Was some constitutional peculiarity in him, feeling the influence in some new way? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It was a peculiarity of Hermione's, that at every moment, she had one intimate, and turned all the rest of those present into onlookers. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• That's a peculiarity of his. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He was sorry--he was very sorry: for my sake he grieved over the hapless peculiarity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was Stryver's grand peculiarity that he always seemed too big for any place, or space. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The Aged's reading reminded me of the classes at Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt's, with the pleasanter peculiarity that it seemed to come through a keyhole. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• This peculiarity has been observed in birds of quite another feather, climbing upon golden wires. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Its deplorable peculiarity was, that it was the faintness of solitude and disuse. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He had the special peculiarity of some birds of prey, that when he knitted his brow, his ruffled crest stood highest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Then I need give my directions only to you, said Lydgate, not feeling surprised at a little peculiarity in Bulstrode. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The housekeeper tried to describe him, but failed to distinguish the nameless visitor by any personal peculiarity which her master could recognise. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The peculiarity of my temper is, ma'am, that I won't be swallowed up alive. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• That illness, from its peculiarity, makes it painful to me beyond words to hear him mentioned, unless in terms of respect and affection. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Dorothea could fancy that it was alive now--the delicate woman's face which yet had a headstrong look, a peculiarity difficult to interpret. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Shirley never laughed at her former governess; even the little formalities and harmless peculiarities of that lady were respectable in her eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This was a vegeto-animal substance, having peculiarities of animal products. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Other parts of his face and head have their strange peculiarities. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The human body is a much more varied and complex machine than any ever devised by man; personal peculiarities, as well as fuel values, influence very largely the diet of an individual. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• But he had these peculiarities: and at first they frightened me, though I soon got used to them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Ellsworth possessed in a remarkable degree the skill of imitating these peculiarities, and thus he deceived the Union operators easily. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• However, I advise you to humour his little peculiarities, when you see him to-day. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I had already noticed the peculiarities of the typewriter, and I wrote to the man himself at his business address asking him if he would come here. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Mr. Woodhouse's peculiarities and fidgetiness were sometimes provoking him to a rational remonstrance or sharp retort equally ill-bestowed. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• We are told of similar mental peculiarities running in families, and again of a tendency, as in the animals, to revert to a common or original stock. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Suddenly she was attracted to his individuality by observing peculiarities in his walk. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Your Kentuckian of the present day is a good illustration of the doctrine of transmitted instincts and peculiarities. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• One of the peculiarities I have noticed is that I have never known him to break into a conversation going on around him, and ask what people were talking about. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But has he no peculiarities? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Of all these things I could have told the peculiarities, numbered the flaws or cracks, like any _clairvoyante_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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