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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
      1. (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

      verb

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

      双语例句

      • 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 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”。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • An individual characteristic; a quirk.
        独特性,特色;特殊的东西;怪癖。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • The "*" is a historical quirk.
        是一个历史怪象。
      • 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。