quirks

英 [kwɜːks]

美 [kwɜːrks]

n.  怪异的性格(或行为); 怪癖; (尤指偶发的)怪事，奇事
quirk的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• However, XML is a bit verbose, and older browsers'XML implementations have some quirks.
  但XML略显冗长，较老的浏览器的XML实现还有一些古怪的规范。
• I love our people and their talent and our willingness to accept and embrace their range of capabilities, including their quirks.
  我热爱我们的员工和他们的才华，以及我们愿意接受并拥抱他们的各种特点，甚至包括他们的怪癖。
• Personality quirks, but I never pegged you for a cynic.
  有个性的怪癖，但是我从没当你是愤世嫉俗者。
• Even optimists acknowledge that the current mainland valuations are partly the product of some technical quirks.
  即便是乐观人士也承认，目前内地股市的估值水平，从技术上而言，在一定程度上是一些偶然因素的产物。
• There are occasional quirks where an apparently reasonable choice results in surprising behavior.
  偶尔在明显选择很合理的地方它也会有奇怪的表现，产生令人惊讶的行为。
• Resequencing is different, as it looks for genetic quirks that are unique to just a few individuals.
  基因测序是不一样的，因为它寻找的是一些独特的遗传特性而仅仅在一部分人含有。
• Observe the unique quirks and behaviors of each animal friend you come across.
  观察你遇到的每个动物独特的怪癖和行为。
• I even loved his quirks, like his offbeat sense of humor.
  我甚至喜欢他的怪癖，比如他与众不同的幽默感。
• I first noticed the different national quirks as a child, living in Sweden and later in the Netherlands.
  我第一次注意到不同国家的人有不同的癖好时还是个孩子，我先在瑞典生活，后来又搬到荷兰。
• And no doubt, some of their success is owed to their genetic or environmental quirks early in life.
  而且不用怀疑的的是，他们的一部分成功来自先天遗传和早期生活环境的影响。