quirk是什么意思

双语例句

(1)No one is willing to cater to your quirks.

没有人愿意迎合你的怪癖。

(2)I'll share with you the quirk that just happened to me right away.

我马上就给你分享我刚刚遇到的怪事。

(3)Jack's mouth quirked and looked painful.

杰克的嘴巴歪张着，看起来很痛苦。

(4)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。

(5)By a tantalizing quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship.

由于命运的捉弄，这对选手被抽中在锦标赛的第一轮相遇。

(6)Well, the answer lies in a quirk of history.

答案就在奇妙的历史里面。

(7)Sure, some may sound quirk, but they each are effective.

当然，其中有些听起来很奇怪，但是都很有效。

(8)The very quirk of a jet-black eyebrow could enforce obedience.

一对乌黑的浓眉似有魔力，能让他人臣服。

同义词

n. 怪癖；急转；借口

同根词

词根 quirk

(1)quirky adj. 古怪的；离奇的；诡诈的

释义

n.

a peculiar behavioural habit

古怪举动；怪癖

they accepted her attitude as one of her little quirks.

他们认为她的态度不过是她的一种小怪癖，没有介意。

a strange chance occurrence

偶发事件；怪事；巧合

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。

a sudden twist, turn, or curve

急转；急弯

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。

Architecture an acute hollow between convex or other mouldings

【建筑】 狭凹槽，深槽，沟。

v.

(of a person's mouth or eyebrow)move or twist suddenly, especially to express surprise or amusement

（人的嘴巴或眉毛）突然翘起，扭曲。

[with obj.]move or twist (one's mouth or eyebrow) in such a way

突然翘起，扭曲（嘴巴或眉毛）。

词源

" early 16th cent． （as a verb）： of unknown origin． The early sense of the noun was ‘subtle verbal twist, quibble'， later ‘unexpected twist’． "