quirk
noun /kwɜːk/
/kwɜːrk/
- an aspect of somebody’s personality or behaviour that is a little strange
怪异的性格（或行为）；怪癖 - Everyone has their own little quirks and mannerisms.
每个人都有自己的小怪癖和怪癖。
- It was a remarkable quirk in his otherwise orderly character.
这是他在其他有序的性格中的一个显著的怪癖。 - Perhaps it's some quirk in your nature that makes you behave like that.
也许是你天性中的某种怪癖让你做出这样的行为。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- personality
- odd
- …
- have
- by a quirk of
- quirk in
- a quirk of fate
- Everyone has their own little quirks and mannerisms.
- a strange thing that happens, especially by accident
（尤指偶发的）怪事，奇事 - 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。 - an unpredictable quirk of history
不可预测的历史怪事
- The system has some odd little quirks.
这个系统有些奇怪的小毛病。 - as a result of some quirk in the social order
社会秩序中某种巧合的结果
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- personality
- odd
- …
- have
- by a quirk of
- quirk in
- a quirk of fate
- By a strange quirk of fate they had booked into the same hotel.
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’.