quirk

美 [kwɜːrk]英 [kwɜːk]
  • n.怪癖;(尤指偶发的)怪事,奇事;怪异的性格(或行为)

复数: quirks 派生词: quirky adj.

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noun

1

怪异的性格(或行为);怪癖
an aspect of sb's personality or behaviour that is a little strange

2

(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。

3


a quirky sense of humour

怪异的幽默感

quirk

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (偶然发生的)奇事,趣事
    A quirk is 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。

  • 2
    N-COUNT 怪癖;古怪的性格
    A quirk is 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。

noun

1
a narrow groove beside a beading
2
a strange attitude or habit
Synonym: oddity queerness quirkiness crotchet

verb

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

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  1. The most annoying quirk of his is wearing a cap all the time .

    他最令人感到厌恶的怪癖就是无论何时都戴著帽子。

  2. 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。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  5. Brown was fascinated by people 's quirks and foibles .

    布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。

  6. 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。

  7. He had a strange quirk of addressing his wife as Mrs Smith .

    他很怪,把自己的妻子称作史密斯夫人。

  8. I 'd ignore every one of them now , embrace every quirk or unreasonableness to have him back .

    现在,对这些事情,我情愿都视而不见,情愿接受他的每一个借口或由着他不讲道理,只要他能回来。

  9. With a life span of about nine years , Silkie chickens come with quirks and responsibilities that some may not be ready for .

    乌骨鸡的寿命约为9年,有些人可能还没有准备好接受乌鸡的怪癖和饲养的责任。

  10. It ’ s a strange quirk of our minds , but we only ever notice what ’ s missing : the money we don ’ t have ; the weather we long for ; the car we don ’ t yet own .

    我们的大脑非常奇怪,它只会注意到自己身边没有的东西:账上没有的万贯家财、一心期盼的好天气、没到手的汽车。

  11. I found these quirks in a little light testing .

    我发现这些状况经过一些测试。

  12. Such cultural differences I once put down to local quirks or regulations .

    我曾把这种文化上的差异归因于当地习俗或者监管规则。

  13. Really , every person has their own little quirks and personal stories .

    每个人都有自己的怪癖和个人经历。

  14. Each device has specific quirks that the app developer must test against .

    每种设备都有一些特殊的东西,应用开发者必须依赖它才能进行测试。

  15. It 's a little quirk of mine . Do you mind ?

    这是我的小癖好你不介意吧

  16. In person , however , he had some quirks .

    然而,他自身却有一些问题。

  17. Observe the unique quirks and behaviors of each animal friend you come across .

    观察你遇到的每个动物独特的怪癖和行为。

  18. And then by analyzing the various quirks and complexities of language ,

    通过分析语言的许多微妙、繁复之处

  19. You have to get used to other people 's quirks and foibles .

    你得习惯别人的怪癖及缺点。

  20. Chinese people must not tolerate these habits as ingrained quirks of their culture .

    中国人必须不再容忍这些作为他们文化的根深蒂固的怪癖的习惯。

  21. 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。

  22. The second quirk is that you cannot pass arbitrary shell commands in .

    第二种状况是您不能传入任意shell命令。

  23. 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。

  24. Love your quirks enough to let them shine .

    爱你的与众不同并让它们闪光。

  25. There are occasional quirks where an apparently reasonable choice results in surprising behavior .

    偶尔在明显选择很合理的地方它也会有奇怪的表现,产生令人惊讶的行为。

  26. One of his quirks is that he refuses to travel by train .

    他的怪脾气之一是拒绝搭火车旅行。

  27. Call it a quirk , a trend , or an epidemic ?

    管它叫做怪癖,趋势或是流行病?

  28. Several quirks are associated with command execution .

    有一些状况是与命令执行关联的。

  29. 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。

  30. The miserable economic track record is , in part , a quirk of timing .

    这一糟糕的经济周期运行轨迹,部分来说与时间很巧合。