quirk

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

Translation

n. 怪癖;急轉;藉口
Word Forms
現在分詞quirking
過去式quirked
複數quirks

Phrases & Collocations

personal quirk

個人癖好

quirky behavior

古怪的行爲

quirky personality

古怪的個性

Example Sentences

a quirk of fate.

命運難料

his quirks and quiddities.

他的多種怪癖。

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.

人人都有他們自己的怪癖和奇想。

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

他的怪癖之一是不願乘火車旅行。

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

她鬼使神差地竟爲內森工作了。

Real-world Examples

Even his initial stirrings of domesticity had some quirks.

即使在他剛剛開始的居家生活中,他也表現出一些怪癖。

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

This quirk is called the sunk cost fallacy.

這種怪癖被稱爲“沉沒成本謬誤”。

Source: Crash Course: Business in the Workplace

Every Lagrange point in our solar system has its quirks.

太陽系中的每個拉格朗日點都有其特點。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

This quirk allows some useful comparisons.

像這樣的案例帶來了用價值的對比。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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

我已經注意到在一些細節處有些扭曲。

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

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

但對我母親的怪癖 我無法反擊。

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

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

我得忍受他們所有的怪癖。

Source: Authentic American English Listening Podcast (Slow)

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

科幻作家艾薩克·阿西莫夫將這種自然奇事形容爲“可以想象的最不可能的巧合”。

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

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

我們希望你喜歡今天關於大腦及其奇怪怪癖的見解。

Source: Simple Psychology

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

管它叫做怪癖,趨勢或是流行病?泡泡音到處都是。

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

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