quirk

英 [kwɜːk]

美 [kwɜːrk]

n. 怪异的性格(或行为); 怪癖; (尤指偶发的)怪事，奇事

复数：quirks　过去式：quirked　现在分词：quirking　

Collins.1 / BNC.14107 / COCA.12149

牛津词典

noun

怪异的性格（或行为）；怪癖
an aspect of sb's personality or behaviour that is a little strange
（尤指偶发的）怪事，奇事
a strange thing that happens, especially by accident
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。

N-COUNT (偶然发生的)奇事，趣事
Aquirkis something unusual or interesting that happens by chance.
1. 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。
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。
N-COUNT 怪癖;古怪的性格
Aquirkis a habit or aspect of a person's character which is odd or unusual.
1. Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles.
  布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。

noun

verb

Quirk# 2: Should the dialog be displayed?
状况2：是否应该显示对话？
The standard theory of bad moods is rooted in a psychological quirk known as ego depletion.
有关坏情绪的标准理论源于心理学上的“自我损耗”。
The "*" is a historical quirk.
是一个历史怪象。
By some quirk of fate the two of us were on the same train.
出于命运安排，我们两人乘上了同一列火车。
Others among us, myself included, thought it just an odd quirk.
包括我在内的其他人则认为这只是一种怪癖。
It concludes that despite a quirk here and there, the latest version of Google Desktop is full of improvements that make a very good thing even better.
它的结论是，尽管俏皮话这里和那里，最新版本的谷歌桌面是全面的改进，使一个很好的事情做得更好。
An individual characteristic; a quirk.
独特性，特色；特殊的东西；怪癖。
She prefers to see Edward's fascination with Bella as a strange quirk& and a transitory one at that.
她更情愿把爱德华对贝拉的迷恋看成是他的一个怪癖&而且还应只是暂时的。
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。
The miserable economic track record is, in part, a quirk of timing.
这一糟糕的经济周期运行轨迹，部分来说与时间很巧合。