having a quality or characteristic that makes something different and easily noticed synonym characteristic獨特的;特别的;有特色的 clothes with a distinctive style 式樣獨特的衣服 The male bird has distinctive white markings on its head. 雄鳥的頭上有明顯的白色斑紋。
Extra ExamplesEach district of the city has its own distinctive character. 這個城市的每個地區都有自己獨特的特點。 Good diagrams are the book's most distinctive feature. 好的圖表是這本書最顯著的特點。 She heard the distinctive sounds of a Siamese cat. 她聽到了暹羅貓獨特的聲音。 The car was silver with distinctive red stripes. 這輛車是銀色的,帶有明顯的紅色條紋。 The herb has a strong, distinctive, celery-like flavour. 這種藥草有一種強烈的、獨特的、類似芹菜的味道。 The kidnapper had a fairly distinctive voice with a Scottish accent. 綁架者的聲音相當獨特,帶有蘇格蘭口音。 There was nothing distinctive about the envelope in which the letter came. 裝這封信的信封毫無特别之處。
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘serving to differentiate’): from late Latin distinctivus, from Latin distinct- ‘distinguished’, from the verb distinguere, from dis- ‘apart’ + stinguere ‘put out’.