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 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。 - On the whole, I really enjoyed this space for the pure quirk and whimsy of it.
从整体上来说,我真的非常享受这个纯净同时充满新奇理念的空间。 - The "*" is a historical quirk.
是一个历史怪象。 - Quirk# 2: Should the dialog be displayed?
状况2:是否应该显示对话? - I also discovered that XFS has a singular performance quirk: it doesn't delete files very quickly; it was easily bested by both ReiserFS and ext3 in this area.
我还发现XFS有一个单点性能缺陷:它删除文件不是很快;在这一方面,ReiserFS和ext3轻易地胜过了它。 - Asset managers have never faced such stiff competition, says Ben Phillips, partner of Casey Quirk, a US consultancy.
美国咨询公司CaseyQuirk的合伙人本菲利普斯(BenPhillips)表示,资产管理公司从未面对过如此激烈的竞争。 - 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。 - Confirmations illustrate an interesting quirk of human behavior: They only work when they are unexpected.
确认对话框显示了人类行为的一个有趣怪癖,即它们只在意想不到时起作用。 - 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 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”。