单词乎

quirk

音标[kwә:k]

汉语翻译

n. 古怪举动, 俏皮话, 急转

词型变化

形容词:quirky 名词:quirkiness 副词:quirkily 

英语解释

名词 quirk:

  1. a strange attitude or habit
    同义词:oddity, queerness, quirkiness, crotchet
  2. a narrow groove beside a beading

动词 quirk:

  1. twist or curve abruptly

例句

  1. A mental peculiarity; a quirk.
    怪癖精神上的怪癖; 古怪的举动
  2. By a quirk of fate they have booked into the same hotel.
    由於命运的捉弄,他们住进同一家旅馆。
  3. He have a strange quirk of addressing his wife as Mrs Smith.
    他很怪,把自己的妻子称作史密斯夫人。

详细解释


quirk

n.(名词)
A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy.See Synonyms at eccentricity
怪癖:行为古怪;特殊倾向参见 eccentricity
An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary:
突发事件:一种无法预测或描述的行为或事件;怪异的行为:
例句:
a quirk of fate.
命运难料

A sudden sharp turn or twist.
突然的弯曲:猛然剧烈的转向或扭曲
An equivocation; a quibble.
遁辞:模棱两可的话;遁辞
Architecture A lengthwise groove on a molding between the convex upper part and the soffit.
【建筑学】 深槽:在装饰线条的上部凸起部分与下部之间的一条纵向槽

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【引伸】
quirk.ily
adv.(副词)
quirk.iness
n.(名词)
quirk.y
adj.(形容词)

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