quirks

英 [kwɜːks]

美 [kwɜːrks]

n.  怪异的性格(或行为); 怪癖; (尤指偶发的)怪事，奇事
quirk的复数

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。

双语例句

• Even optimists acknowledge that the current mainland valuations are partly the product of some technical quirks.
  即便是乐观人士也承认，目前内地股市的估值水平，从技术上而言，在一定程度上是一些偶然因素的产物。
• I first noticed the different national quirks as a child, living in Sweden and later in the Netherlands.
  我第一次注意到不同国家的人有不同的癖好时还是个孩子，我先在瑞典生活，后来又搬到荷兰。
• Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles.
  布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。
• All men have their own quirks and twists.
  人人都有他们自己的怪癖和奇想。
• A few quirks of GNU Parted, GParted, and other libparted-using tools deserve mention.
  GNUParted、GParted和其他使用libparted的工具的几个特点值得一提。
• Because XML is a textual format for data, it has some interesting quirks.
  因为XML是数据的文本格式，它有一些有趣的怪癖。
• Resequencing is different, as it looks for genetic quirks that are unique to just a few individuals.
  基因测序是不一样的，因为它寻找的是一些独特的遗传特性而仅仅在一部分人含有。
• Personality quirks, but I never pegged you for a cynic.
  有个性的怪癖，但是我从没当你是愤世嫉俗者。
• His wiles and quirks do not diminish his humanity.
  他的把戏和怪癖无损于他的人道精神。
• And no doubt, some of their success is owed to their genetic or environmental quirks early in life.
  而且不用怀疑的的是，他们的一部分成功来自先天遗传和早期生活环境的影响。