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

• Some critics have questioned whether the linkage between income inequality and worse health is merely a mathematical quirk.
  有些批评者质疑，收入不均与健康情况不良之间的关联，可能只是数学的怪异表现。
• 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。
• Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles.
  布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Just about every banker has some quirk, says Charles Nelson, director of the Baron Group merchant bank.
  差不多每个银行家都有些怪癖，BaronGroup商业银行总监查尔斯•尼尔森（CharlesNelson）说。
• 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。