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.
实用例句
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.
