quirk

英 [kwɜːk]

美 [kwɜːrk]

n.  怪异的性格(或行为); 怪癖; (尤指偶发的)怪事，奇事

复数：quirks　过去式：quirked　现在分词：quirking　

考研GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14107 / COCA.12149

牛津词典

noun

• 怪异的性格（或行为）；怪癖
  an aspect of sb's personality or behaviour that is a little strange
• （尤指偶发的）怪事，奇事
  a strange thing that happens, especially by accident
  1. By a strange quirk of fate they had booked into the same hotel.
     真是天缘奇遇，他们住进了同一家旅馆。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (偶然发生的)奇事，趣事
  Aquirkis something unusual or interesting that happens by chance.
  1. By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship...
     仿佛是命运的捉弄，这对选手在锦标赛第一轮比赛中就狭路相逢。
  2. The spate of storms and hurricanes in recent years could be a statistical quirk.
     从统计数字上看，近些年来暴风雨和飓风的频发非同寻常。
• N-COUNT 怪癖;古怪的性格
  Aquirkis a habit or aspect of a person's character which is odd or unusual.
  1. Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles.
     布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。

英英释义

noun

• a narrow groove beside a beading
• a strange attitude or habit
  Synonym:oddityqueernessquirkinesscrotchet

verb

• twist or curve abruptly
  1. She quirked her head in a peculiar way

双语例句

• Others among us, myself included, thought it just an odd quirk.
  包括我在内的其他人则认为这只是一种怪癖。
• The spate of storms and hurricanes in recent years could be a statistical quirk.
  从统计数字上看，近些年来暴风雨和飓风的频发非同寻常。
• This is the result of a deliberate plan by the Hong Kong regulator rather than a quirk of fate.
  这是香港监管机构有意而为的结果，并非天意如此。
• It can be regarded as merely a mathematical quirk of the theory of weak interactions.
  这可被看成仅仅是弱相互作用理论的一种数学上的技巧。
• What do you think is 6's biggest unknown ( hidden?) quirk ( weird habit)?
  你认为6最大的不为人知的怪癖是什么？
• The "*" is a historical quirk.
  是一个历史怪象。
• However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that could never pay a mortgage, or secure a pension.
  不过，我的父母，他们都来自贫穷的背景，没有任何一人上过大学，坚持认为我过度的想象力是一个令人惊讶的个人怪癖，根本不足以让我支付按揭，或者取得足够的养老金。
• The carving craze is the grave of safe, carefree, efficient skiing, an irrational fantasy, a binding fashion, a quirk bent on putting basic physics to shame!
  对刻滑的狂热，葬送了滑雪的安全性、娱乐性和舒适性，是一个失去理性的白日梦，一个伪装的时髦，一个让基础物理学感到羞愧的怪癖。
• That quirk dates back to the time when mammals began to evolve.
  而这一现象是从进化哺乳动物的时候才开始出现转折了。
• Quirk# 2: Should the dialog be displayed?
  状况2：是否应该显示对话？