quirk

英 [kwɜːk] 美 [kwɝk]
  • n. 怪癖;急转;借口
  • n. (Quirk)人名;(英)夸克

助记提示


1. quir- => guir- => guai- (怪) + r + k (客) => 怪客,怪儿客 => 有怪癖和古怪性格或行为的人。
2. 谐音“怪客、怪儿客”。
3. queer <====> quirk.
4. IE浏览器的怪异模式。

中文词源


quirk 怪癖,怪异

词源不详,可能来自queer 的强化形式,引申词义怪癖,怪异。-k,表强调,比较hear,hark.

英文词源


quirk (n.)
1560s, "quibble, evasion," of unknown origin, perhaps connected to German quer (see queer (adj.)) via notion of twisting and slanting; but its earliest appearance in western England dialect seems to argue against this source. Perhaps originally a technical term for a twist or flourish in weaving. Sense of "peculiarity" is c. 1600.

双语例句


1. 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。

来自《权威词典》

2. The spate of storms and hurricanes in recent years could be a statistical quirk.
从统计数字上看,近些年来暴风雨和飓风的频发非同寻常。

来自柯林斯例句

3. By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship.
仿佛是命运的捉弄,这对选手在锦标赛第一轮比赛中就狭路相逢。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Confirmations illustrate an interesting quirk of human behavior: They only work when they are unexpected.
确认对话框显示了人类行为的一个有趣怪癖, 即 它们只在意想不到时起作用.

来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

5. It can be regarded as merely a mathematical quirk of the theory of weak interactions.
这可被看成仅仅是弱相互作用理论的一种数学上的技巧.

来自辞典例句

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