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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What do you think is 6's biggest unknown ( hidden?) quirk ( weird habit)?
  你认为6最大的不为人知的怪癖是什么？
• Others among us, myself included, thought it just an odd quirk.
  包括我在内的其他人则认为这只是一种怪癖。
• One solution to these two problems was used in a study by Muller at al. ( 2003) published in Nature which relies on a quirk of the brain's electrical response to certain visual stimuli.
  对这两个问题的一个解答是在《自然》杂志上发表的Mulleratal。（2003）的一份研究报告中采用。它依靠于对某些视觉刺激大脑做出的一种奇特电反应。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。