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quirk

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n.急转,遁词,怪癖

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quirk为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

形容词:quirky 名词:quirkiness 副词:quirkily

近义词, 同义词

caprice  fancy  humor  whim  whimsy  quirk  capriciousness    

quirk


/kwɜ:k; kwɝk/
n
1 habit or action that is peculiar to sb/sth (某人[某事物]特有的)习惯, 举动
*He had 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.
2 accident; coincidence 偶然的事; 巧合
*one of those odd historical quirks 偶发的历史事件
* By a quirk of fate they had booked into the same hotel. 由于命运的捉弄, 他们住进同一家旅馆.

quirk


n[C]
something strange that happens by chance
quirk of
 Years later, by a strange quirk of fate , she found herself sitting next to him on a plane.
a strange habit or feature of someone's character, or a strange feature of something
 Like every computer, this one has its little quirks.
1. By a quirk of fate, Humboldt and Bonpland met Mariano Luis de Urquijo, Prime Minister of Spain, who was able to obtain for them the permission to visit the Spanish empire in South America.
    由于命运的安排,洪堡和庞普朗遇到了西班牙首相乌而吉乔,他可以使他们得到前往南美洲的西班牙帝国去访问的许可。

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