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

• 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？
• Even if the Greenstein and Forman study is just a quirk, which I suspect is not the case, it still points to an interesting issue.
  即使格林斯坦和福尔曼的研究只是个异常现象（我觉得事实并非如此），它仍然指出了一个有趣的问题。
• 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？
• It concludes that despite a quirk here and there, the latest version of Google Desktop is full of improvements that make a very good thing even better.
  它的结论是，尽管俏皮话这里和那里，最新版本的谷歌桌面是全面的改进，使一个很好的事情做得更好。
• The "*" is a historical quirk.
  是一个历史怪象。
• An individual characteristic; a quirk.
  独特性，特色；特殊的东西；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。
• 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。
• An added quirk is that your screen saver is also set to make a slideshow of these pictures.
  你也可以将你的屏幕保护设置为这些图片的幻灯片形式。