idiosyncrasy
noun /ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkrəsi/
/ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkrəsi/
[countable, uncountable] (plural idiosyncrasies)
- a person’s particular way of behaving, thinking, etc., especially when it is unusual; an unusual feature
（个人特有的）习性；特征；癖好 - Wearing a raincoat, even on a hot day, is one of her idiosyncrasies.
即使在大热天，穿雨衣也是她的一个癖好。 - The car has its little idiosyncrasies.
这辆车有它的一些小小脾气。
- The microphone is likely to exaggerate the idiosyncrasies of a voice.
麦克风可能会夸大声音的特质。 - We are all individuals, unique beings with our own special qualities and idiosyncrasies.
我们都是独一无二的个体，有自己的特质和癖好。
词源early 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘physical constitution peculiar to an individual’): from Greek idiosunkrasia, from idios ‘own, private’ + sun ‘with’ + krasis ‘mixture’. - Wearing a raincoat, even on a hot day, is one of her idiosyncrasies.