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美:[kwɜrk]
英:[kwɜ:k]
美:[kwɜrk]
复数:quirks
第三人称单数:quirks
现在分词:quirking
过去式:quirked
过去分词:quirked
quirky (adj.)
词根:quirk
adj.quirky 古怪的;离奇的;诡诈的
noun
an odd personal trait; idiosyncrasy.Constantly holding an unlit cigarette in his fingers is one of his little quirks.
a sudden, sharp, and unexpected turn or shift.Our meeting each other at the lawyer's office happened by a quirk of scheduling.
anything that is unexpected or unpredictable, or has no apparent explanation.
1560年代,“一个双关语,一个巧妙的逃避”,一个起源不明的词,可能与德语 quer(见 queer(形容词))有关,通过扭曲和倾斜的概念; 但它最早出现在西英格兰方言中,似乎反对它作为源头的说法。可能最初是纺织中扭曲或华丽动作的技术术语。 “奇特性”的意义约为1600年。
Noun origin unknown
The first known use of quirk was in 1565
quislingnoun
one who helps the invaders of one's own country
quislingnoun
one who helps the invaders of one's own country
quirtnoun
a riding whip with a short handle and a rawhide tip
quirknoun
a sudden turn, twist, or curve
an odd personal habit : idiosyncrasy
quirknoun
a sudden turn, twist, or curve
an odd personal habit : idiosyncrasy
quirknoun
a sudden turn, twist, or curve
an odd personal habit : idiosyncrasy
1 The body quirked back and forth.
2 First, through some quirk of circumstance, he had become estranged from the religion and the folk culture of his race.
3 When I got suspicious and looked up, he just quirked his eyebrow and kept staring.
4 “I see,” she said, quirking one eyebrow and putting her hands on her hips like she was Wonder Woman.
5 It can be regarded as merely a mathematical quirk of the theory of weak interactions.
这可被看成仅仅是弱相互作用理论的一种数学上的技巧.
6 She probably thought it was one of my quirks.
7 It took a while for the commands and quirks of the game to come back to me, but once they did, the game wasn’t that difficult to solve.
8 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。
9 The Vietnamese geek and the American geek are the same breed, containing the same amount of personality quirks you outlined in your articles.
10 He glances over at June, at the suspicious quirk of her lips.
11 But Shorty had always found it something of a trick to manage her amorous quirks.
12 All men have their own quirks and twists.
人人都有他们自己的怪癖和奇想.
13 He caught my eye and his mouth quirked up into a soft smirk that I knew was meant for me.
14 Hardy makes the character his own, and of course imbues him with some accents and quirks.
15 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.
16 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.
17 By some quirk of fate the two of us where on the same train.
由于命运的巧妙安排,我们俩乘上了同一列火车.
18 The second type of vulnerability stems from a quirk of history.
19 Her mouth quirked up at the corner, and I felt her body relax, glad that I wasn’t judging her.
20 His personality, with all its quirks, influences results more than any computer.
他的个性, 包括他的怪癖, 对结果的影响要比电脑的影响大.
3 任性
self-asserting ramstam pervicacious wild selfish quirky heady willful unruly perverse cranky wayward wanton capricious rambunctious self-indulgent incalculable fractious licentious harebrained self-willed self-assertive wilfully wantonly petulantly pettishly waywardly humor selfishness overindulgence wantonness self-assertion waywardness wilfulness headiness self-will by fits and starts mad as a hare
5 奇想
whimsical chimerical fancy whim maggot caprice crotchet megrim conceited bee notion freak conceit whimsy reverie chimera whimsy whamsy
6 巧合
fortuitous coincident coincidence chance happenstance coincidental coincidentally serendipitous coincide
7 口实
color handle mask blind colour stall plea refuge disguise peg veil cloak pretext pretension pretence salvo subterfuge essoin out excuse covert cop-out stalking-horse
10 使扭曲
14 怪癖
twist singularity peculiarity idiocrasy kink foible quiddity eccentricity dilly kooky kook crotchet up the pole twisted kinky idiosyncrasy -philia idiosyncratic screwball trick oddity
16 举动
17 急扭
18 急弯
19 弯曲
flexuose embow skew crooked bent curvy cranky serpentine sinuous bended aquiline thrawn anfractuous inflexional flexuous incurvate inflective flexuosity sinuation crinkum-crankum intorsion start turn wind curve bend sweep flex crank turning swirl sinus winding crook curvature meander camber flexion flexure inflexion hogging wimple sinuosity anfractuosity give spring round yield strain snake curl sag incurve sinuate cast nod warp deflect inflect crankle curved curly torturous tortuous bowing hooked bowed contorted flexural inflectional wriggly waggly Agee akimbo set twist bow distortion inflection contortion tortuosity knee angle ramp buckle stoop
20 扭曲
distortion warp aliasing twist colour distort pretzel contort screw twisty gnarly gnarled screwy skew hogging contortive distorted warped wry contorted flexural thrawn writhen winding contortion flexure set strain turn torture writhe
22 急转
whirl zag zig Christie jink sharp abrupt jump metastasis pirouette flounce saltus double skip whirry reverse turn quick tight break
23 奇行
25 遁辞
stall peg quip quibble subterfuge circumlocution evade evasion parry quiddity elusion quillet creep hole
26 奇事
28 诡辩
sophistic sophistry sophism legerdemain casuistry philosophism sophisticate chicane play of words word splitting
29 怪脾气
30 三角形物