quirk

[美]/kwɜːk/
[英]/kwɜːrk/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 怪癖;急转;借口
词形变化
现在分词quirking
过去式quirked
复数quirks

短语搭配

personal quirk

个人癖好

quirky behavior

古怪的行为

quirky personality

古怪的个性

例句

a quirk of fate.

命运难料

his quirks and quiddities.

他的多种怪癖。

wry humour put a slight quirk in his mouth.

冷嘲式的幽默使他的嘴忽然略微一歪。

All men have their own quirks and twists.

人人都有他们自己的怪癖和奇想。

One of his quirks is that he refuses to travel by train.

他的怪癖之一是不愿乘火车旅行。

a strange quirk of fate had led her to working for Nathan.

她鬼使神差地竟为内森工作了。

原声例句

Even his initial stirrings of domesticity had some quirks.

即使在他刚刚开始的居家生活中,他也表现出一些怪癖。

来源: Steve Jobs Biography

This quirk is called the sunk cost fallacy.

这种怪癖被称为“沉没成本谬误”。

来源: Crash Course: Business in the Workplace

Every Lagrange point in our solar system has its quirks.

太阳系中的每个拉格朗日点都有其特点。

来源: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

This quirk allows some useful comparisons.

像这样的案例带来了用价值的对比。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

I've already started to notice some quirks in some of the finer details.

我已经注意到在一些细节处有些扭曲。

来源: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

But it was too much I could fight back against my mother's quirks.

但对我母亲的怪癖 我无法反击。

来源: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

I'd have to put up with all of their quirks.

我得忍受他们所有的怪癖。

来源: Authentic American English Listening Podcast (Slow)

Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov described this natural quirk as 'the most unlikely coincidence imaginable.'

科幻作家艾萨克·阿西莫夫将这种自然奇事形容为“可以想象的最不可能的巧合”。

来源: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

We hope you enjoyed today's insights into your brain and its weird quirks.

我们希望你喜欢今天关于大脑及其奇怪怪癖的见解。

来源: Simple Psychology

Call it a quirk, a trend, or an epidemic? Vocal fry is everywhere.

管它叫做怪癖,趋势或是流行病?泡泡音到处都是。

来源: Listen to a little bit of fresh news every day.

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