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

• 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。
• Chinese people must not tolerate these habits as ingrained quirks of their culture.
  中国人必须不再容忍这些作为他们文化的根深蒂固的怪癖的习惯。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She affirmed my quirks and my differences, and that gave me confidence.
  我的古怪与与众不同她都照单全收，这给我带来了信心。
• 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。
• Quite many new ( and old) bugs and quirks are expected, so stabilization period is longer.
  我们预料会出现很多新的（和旧的）缺陷和古怪的行为，因此稳定期会更长。
• Of course I'm biased ( we all have our quirks), but I think it makes a difference to have actually lived in another culture.
  当然我有偏见（我们都有我们的毛病），但我认为它的确与众不同，以实际居住在另一种文化。
• The site feels surprisingly full for such a young venture, but it has some quirks and issues.
  对于创办时间如此之短的一家网站而言，其内容的丰富程度已经是非常惊人了，不过，缺点和问题也还是有的。