one-of-a-kind
one-of-a-kind — idiom
1. describes someone or something so unusual that no other person or object shares
describes someone or something so unusual that no other person or object shares the same combination of features — for example, a handmade dress sewn from antique lace, or an artist whose voice sounds like nobody else's.
Diego inherited a one-of-a-kind silver watch his grandfather had made by hand in Madrid.
attributive use before a noun: a one-of-a-kind + [object]
Every quilt in Hannah's small shop is one-of-a-kind, stitched from old family fabrics.
after linking verb 'is' to describe uniqueness
The chef built her career on one-of-a-kind dishes that mix Korean and Peruvian flavors.
Friends often told Tanvi that her laugh was truly one-of-a-kind and impossible to forget.
The museum displayed a one-of-a-kind dinosaur skeleton found by farmers in southern Argentina.
- unique
more formal; works in any register
- unparalleled
formal; stresses no equal in quality
- singular
literary; emphasises being the only one
- ordinary
common, found everywhere
- mass-produced
made in large identical quantities
文法句型
a one-of-a-kind + noun
be one-of-a-kind
用法筆記
Almost always positive in tone — used to praise something special, rarely to describe a flaw. Common in marketing copy for handmade goods, antiques, and art.