distinct

adj. 明显的；独特的；清楚的；有区别的

中文词源

distinct 清楚的

词源同distinguish, 区分，分开。

distinct: 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. dis- "apart" + stinct-.2. => separate by pricking.3. => separate, discriminate.

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。