Tra từ peculiar - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pe·cu·liar [peculiar peculiars] BrE [pɪˈkjuːliə(r)] NAmE [pɪˈkjuːliər] adjective
1. (BrE or rather formal, NAmE)strange or unusual, especially in a way that is unpleasant or worrying
Syn: ↑odd
•a peculiar smell/taste
•There was something peculiar in the way he smiled.
•I had a peculiar feeling we'd met before.
•Her behaviour was a peculiar mixture of the sophisticated and the childlike.
•He died in very peculiar circumstances.
•For some peculiar reason, she refused to come inside.
•The peculiar thing was that no one mentioned her disappearance.
•They behaved in a very peculiar way.
compare ↑odd
2. ~ (to sb/sth) belonging or relating to one particular place, situation, person, etc, and not to others
•a humour that is peculiar to American sitcoms
•a species of bird peculiar to Asia
•He has his own peculiar style which you'll soon get used to.
•the family's peculiar importance in the affair
•the peculiar properties of mercury
3. (BrE, informal)slightly ill/sick
•I don't think I'll eat anything— I'm feeling a bit peculiar.
see funny peculiar at ↑funny

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘particular’): from Latin peculiaris ‘of private property’, from peculium ‘property’, from pecu ‘cattle’ (cattle being private property). The sense ‘strange’ dates from the early 17th cent.

Example Bank:
•I find her attitude a bit peculiar, to say the least.
•The meat tasted rather peculiar.
•These problems are by no means peculiar to this country.
•the smell that is peculiar to hospitals
•Each house had its own peculiar smell.
•Every case presents its own peculiar problems.
•For some peculiar reason, she refused to come inside.
•He waved in a way entirely peculiar to himself.
•I had a peculiar feeling we'd met before.
•It's got a peculiar taste.
•The species is peculiar to China.
•We shall concentrate on environmental features that are peculiar to the tropics.