quirk

[US]/kwɜːk/
[UK]/kwɜːrk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. egenhet; plötslig sväng; ursäkt.
Word Forms
Present Participlequirking
Past Tensequirked
Pluralquirks

Phrases & Collocations

personal quirk

personligt drag

quirky behavior

konstigt beteende

quirky personality

excentrisk personlighet

Example Sentences

a quirk of fate.

en slumpens nyck.

his quirks and quiddities.

hans egenheter och egena drag.

wry humour put a slight quirk in his mouth.

sned humor gav ett litet drag i hans mun.

All men have their own quirks and twists.

Alla män har sina egna egenheter och vändningar.

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

En av hans egenheter är att han vägrar att resa med tåg.

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

en märklig slumpens nyck hade lett henne till att arbeta för Nathan.

Real-world Examples

Even his initial stirrings of domesticity had some quirks.

Även hans första antydningar om hemkära hade vissa egenheter.

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

This quirk is called the sunk cost fallacy.

Denna egenhet kallas för sunk cost fallacy.

Source: Crash Course: Business in the Workplace

Every Lagrange point in our solar system has its quirks.

Varje Lagrange-punkt i vårt solsystem har sina egenheter.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

This quirk allows some useful comparisons.

Denna egenhet möjliggör vissa användbara jämförelser.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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

Jag har redan börjat märka vissa egenheter i vissa av de finare detaljerna.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

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

Men det var för mycket för mig att kunna stå emot min mammas egenheter.

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

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

Jag skulle få stå ut med alla deras egenheter.

Source: Authentic American English Listening Podcast (Slow)

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

Science fiction-författaren Isaac Asimov beskrev denna naturliga egenhet som "den mest osannolika slumpen man kan föreställa sig."

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

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

Vi hoppas att ni njöt av dagens insikter om er hjärna och dess märkliga egenheter.

Source: Simple Psychology

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

Kalla det en egenhet, en trend eller en epidemi? Vocal fry är överallt.

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

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