distinct
英英释意
- 1. easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined;
- "a distinct flavor"
- "a distinct odor of turpentine"
- "a distinct outline"
- "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"
- "distinct fingerprints"
- 2. (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality;
- "plants of several distinct types"
- "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"
- "gold is distinct from iron"
- "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"
- "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
- 3. constituting a separate entity or part;
- "a government with three discrete divisions"
- "on two distinct occasions"
- 4. recognizable; marked;
- "noticed a distinct improvement"
- "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
- 5. clearly or sharply defined to the mind;
- "clear-cut evidence of tampering"
- "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"
- "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"