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

• 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。
• 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。
• Quirk# 2: Should the dialog be displayed?
  状况2：是否应该显示对话？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。