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
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- 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。
- By a strange quirk of fate they had booked into the same hotel.
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.- 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。 - 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。
- By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship...
- N-COUNT 怪癖;古怪的性格
Aquirkis a habit or aspect of a person's character which is odd or unusual.- Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles.
布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。
- Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles.
英英释义
noun
- a narrow groove beside a beading
- a strange attitude or habit
verb
- twist or curve abruptly
- She quirked her head in a peculiar way
双语例句
- The standard theory of bad moods is rooted in a psychological quirk known as ego depletion.
有关坏情绪的标准理论源于心理学上的“自我损耗”。 - 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？ - Ironically, another quirk comes to our help here.
实际上，另外一个因素在这里提供了帮助。 - 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。 - Some critics have questioned whether the linkage between income inequality and worse health is merely a mathematical quirk.
有些批评者质疑，收入不均与健康情况不良之间的关联，可能只是数学的怪异表现。 - An individual characteristic; a quirk.
独特性，特色；特殊的东西；怪癖。 - She prefers to see Edward's fascination with Bella as a strange quirk& and a transitory one at that.
她更情愿把爱德华对贝拉的迷恋看成是他的一个怪癖&而且还应只是暂时的。 - 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。 - By some quirk of fate the two of us were on the same train.
出于命运安排，我们两人乘上了同一列火车。 - Now, again, this is not some sort of bizarre quirk of a humorous god.
现在，又一次，这不是幽默的上帝开的古怪玩笑。