late 15c., "shot, missiles;" later "a stroke in drawing, a short line" (1580s), from Middle French trait "line, stroke, feature, tract," from Latin tractus "drawing, drawing out, dragging, pulling," later "line drawn, feature," from past participle stem of trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Sense of "particular feature, distinguishing quality" in English is first recorded 1752.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Aggression is by no means a male-only trait.
好斗性絕非男性才具有的特征。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Creativity is a human trait.
創(chuàng)造力是人類的一種特性。
來自辭典例句
3. A trait of character of Joe Patronil's was a white - hot.
喬·佩特羅尼是個(gè)烈性子.
來自辭典例句
4. This disorder is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait.
本病作為常染色體顯性傳遞.
來自辭典例句
5. His dominant trait was to take all things into earnest consideration.