characteristic of one person or thing, and so serving to distinguish it from others 特有的;有特色的 juniper berries give gin its distinctive flavour. 刺柏果使得杜松子酒有了特有的香味。
派生 distinctively adverb distinctiveness noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'serving to differentiate'): from late Latin distinctivus, from Latin distinct- 'distinguished' (see distinct)