distinct
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美 [dɪ'stɪŋkt]
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1. dis- "apart" + stinct-.
2. => separate by pricking.
3. => separate, discriminate.
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- distinct: [14] Etymologically, distinct is the past participle of distinguish. It comes from distinctus, past participle of Latin distinguere ‘separate, discriminate’ (source, via the present stem of Old French distinguer, of English distinguish [16]). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and the verbal element -stinguere ‘prick, stick’, and hence meant originally ‘separate by pricking’ (-stinguere, related to English stick and instigate, is not found as an independent verb in Latin in the sense ‘prick’, but stinguere does occur in the remote metaphorical meaning ‘quench’ – a development mirrored in German ersticken ‘stifle, suffocate’ – which lies behind English extinct and extinguish). Distingué is an early 19th-century adoption of the past participle of French distinguer.
=> distinguish, extinct, instigate, stick - distinct (adj.)
- late 14c., originally past participle of distincten (c. 1300) "to distinguish," from Old French distincter, from Latin distinctus, past participle of distinguere (see distinguish). Related: Distinctness.
- 1. The lighthouse beam was quite distinct in the gathering dusk.
- 灯塔的光束在渐浓的暮色中清晰可见。
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- 2. Editorially, they never really became a unique distinct product.
- 就立场和观点来说，它们从未真正做到树立起自己独具一格的视角。
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- 3. Modern linguistics emerged as a distinct field in the nineteenth century.
- 现代语言学在19世纪作为一个独立的领域出现。
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- 4. Engineering and technology are disciplines distinct from one another and from science.
- 工程学和工艺学互不相同，也有别于自然学科。
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- 5. Another Cup marathon between the two sides is now a distinct possibility.
- 双方很可能再进行一场马拉松式的优胜杯比赛。
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