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Definition of rarefied in English: rarefiedadjective ˈrɛːrɪfʌɪdˈrɛrəˌfaɪd 1(of air, especially that at high altitudes) of lower pressure than usual; thin. （空气，尤指高海拔的空气）稀薄的；稀疏的 every ounce carried counts triple when you're trudging uphill in rarefied air Example sentencesExamples - Everest conquest today is often more a triumph of modern equipment, where anyone with the money and the inclination can gulp that highly addictive, rarefied air.
- That is more rarefied than the near vacuum in a television cathode ray tube.
- Denver's rarefied air adds about 10 percent to the length of fly balls, making extra base hits too easy.
- Playing at home in the rarefied air of Mexico City (7,710 feet above sea level), the Mexicans just don't lose.
- She did not seem to like the rarefied atmosphere over the Atlantic and proceeded to drop her oxygen level to 30% on a regular basis.
- The rarefied air requires a mandatory period of two or three days enforced rest on arrival in order to ward off headaches and mountain sickness.
- The Moon has no atmosphere; the Martian atmosphere is highly rarefied.
- How does it feel to be breathing such rarefied air?
- At 4900m Konzke La is the highest point of this trail; all but the fittest puff and pant in such rarefied air.
- Early attempts on the summit failed because of equipment and inexperience, but mainly because the rarefied air at altitude contains just a third of the oxygen of air at sea level.
- When pitcher Mike Hampton signed with the Colorado Rockies, many people wondered aloud whether he would fall victim to the rarefied air of the Mile High city.
- Being 1,200 m above sea level, the climate is ideal for temperate fruits and vegetables which, like the people in the area, thrive on the somewhat rarefied air and the misty surroundings.
- Thousands of feet above sea level, the air is clear but rarefied.
- To sustain this kind of stamina, they are exquisitely adapted to the rarefied mountain air of their high-altitude stomping grounds.
- At almost 5,000 ft, it is surrounded by rarefied air, seductive silence and dreamy peaks.
2Distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people; esoteric. 〈喻〉远离常人生活的；怪异的 rarefied scholarly pursuits Example sentencesExamples - At the beginning of the 1960s a scholarship boy attends a rarefied private school obsessed with literature.
- Naturally I sat up to see what has been happening in the rarefied atmosphere of academia.
- The action takes place in the 1960s, but the girls' private dramas unfold in a rarefied world, isolated from the political turmoil going on outside.
- The lad and devoted dad must overcome corruption and indifference as they strive to make it in the rarefied world of the concert musician without connections.
- But unlike the tradition of poetry as a rarefied pursuit, the Liverpool poets took their writing to the stage and rapidly developed a huge following.
- If that is forfeited, the mind can all too easily float off into rarefied realms that, lofty as they might be, are but a shadow of the consciousness that meditation practices are designed to reveal.
- Fussy high-end clients might not think Ikea impressive or exclusive enough for their rarefied tastes.
- She grew up in a rarefied world of private girls' schools and arranged marriages.
- She portrays him as an outsider in the rarefied academic atmosphere of Oxford university.
- Hawking's idea of science is that of a rarefied discipline far above the heads of ordinary people and definitely superior to all competing forms of knowledge.
Synonyms esoteric, exclusive, select, private, cliquish elevated, exalted, lofty
Definition of rarefied in US English: rarefied(also rarified) adjectiveˈrerəˌfīdˈrɛrəˌfaɪd 1(of air, especially that at high altitudes) of lower pressure than usual; thin. （空气，尤指高海拔的空气）稀薄的；稀疏的 Example sentencesExamples - She did not seem to like the rarefied atmosphere over the Atlantic and proceeded to drop her oxygen level to 30% on a regular basis.
- Being 1,200 m above sea level, the climate is ideal for temperate fruits and vegetables which, like the people in the area, thrive on the somewhat rarefied air and the misty surroundings.
- To sustain this kind of stamina, they are exquisitely adapted to the rarefied mountain air of their high-altitude stomping grounds.
- At almost 5,000 ft, it is surrounded by rarefied air, seductive silence and dreamy peaks.
- Early attempts on the summit failed because of equipment and inexperience, but mainly because the rarefied air at altitude contains just a third of the oxygen of air at sea level.
- Thousands of feet above sea level, the air is clear but rarefied.
- Denver's rarefied air adds about 10 percent to the length of fly balls, making extra base hits too easy.
- Playing at home in the rarefied air of Mexico City (7,710 feet above sea level), the Mexicans just don't lose.
- At 4900m Konzke La is the highest point of this trail; all but the fittest puff and pant in such rarefied air.
- The rarefied air requires a mandatory period of two or three days enforced rest on arrival in order to ward off headaches and mountain sickness.
- The Moon has no atmosphere; the Martian atmosphere is highly rarefied.
- Everest conquest today is often more a triumph of modern equipment, where anyone with the money and the inclination can gulp that highly addictive, rarefied air.
- That is more rarefied than the near vacuum in a television cathode ray tube.
- When pitcher Mike Hampton signed with the Colorado Rockies, many people wondered aloud whether he would fall victim to the rarefied air of the Mile High city.
- How does it feel to be breathing such rarefied air?
2Distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people. 〈喻〉远离常人生活的；怪异的 debates about the nature of knowledge can seem very rarefied 有关知识本质的辩论可能会显得深奥难解。 Example sentencesExamples - Hawking's idea of science is that of a rarefied discipline far above the heads of ordinary people and definitely superior to all competing forms of knowledge.
- The lad and devoted dad must overcome corruption and indifference as they strive to make it in the rarefied world of the concert musician without connections.
- But unlike the tradition of poetry as a rarefied pursuit, the Liverpool poets took their writing to the stage and rapidly developed a huge following.
- If that is forfeited, the mind can all too easily float off into rarefied realms that, lofty as they might be, are but a shadow of the consciousness that meditation practices are designed to reveal.
- The action takes place in the 1960s, but the girls' private dramas unfold in a rarefied world, isolated from the political turmoil going on outside.
- She grew up in a rarefied world of private girls' schools and arranged marriages.
- At the beginning of the 1960s a scholarship boy attends a rarefied private school obsessed with literature.
- Fussy high-end clients might not think Ikea impressive or exclusive enough for their rarefied tastes.
- She portrays him as an outsider in the rarefied academic atmosphere of Oxford university.
- Naturally I sat up to see what has been happening in the rarefied atmosphere of academia.
Synonyms esoteric, exclusive, select, private, cliquish
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