quirk

Word family

1 CHANCE/BY CHANCEsomething strange that happens by chance 〔偶然发生的〕奇事，巧合

quirk of

Years later, by a strange quirk of fate, she found herself sitting next to him on a plane.

许多年以后，真是机缘巧合，她在飞机上发现自己就坐在他旁边。

2 CHARACTER/PERSONALITYa strange habit or feature of someone’s character, or a strange feature of something 怪癖；古怪

Like every computer, this one has its little quirks.

就像所有电脑一样，这台也有它的小毛病。

Examples from the Corpus

quirk• It's a quirk of the language that pronunciation has changed, but not spelling.• Through a quirk of nature, I, a reptile, had suddenly been rendered a biped.• Their characters are very alike in mannerisms and quirks as well as in their shyness and innocence.• When it debuted it was billed as quirky fun, but it turned out to be a lot more quirk than fun.• I mean, some cars have no quirks at all, and yet remain thoroughly joyless.• Although on the outside he was quiet and shy, Albert had more than his share of quirks.• Greg is a nice guy, but he has a few weird personality quirks.• She took pride in her children's quirks and individuality, and made no effort to try to change them.• Lighter in the mornings, and the quirk of the terrain amplifies Vassiliki winds in the late afternoon!• But good weather means you're out of doors, so these quirks don't matter.• However, one writing quirk guaranteed that their newsletters, brochures, and announcements would end up in the trash.

quirk of• By a quirk of nature, half the frogs in the pond had more than four legs.

Chinese

Corpus

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quirk

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + QUIRK | PREPOSITION | PHRASES

ADJECTIVE

➤personal, personality個人／性格怪癖

▸➤odd, strange, weird怪癖；怪毛病

➤annoying惱人的怪癖

▸➤little小小的怪癖

VERB + QUIRK

➤have有怪毛病

◇The system has some odd little quirks.這個系統有些奇怪的小毛病。

PREPOSITION

➤by a quirk of出於⋯的偶然性

◇By a strange quirk of fate, she later married the first boyfriend she'd ever had.由於命運不可思議的安排，她後來嫁給了她的第一任男朋友。

➤quirk in⋯方面的巧合

◇as a result of some quirk in the social order社會秩序中某種巧合的結果

PHRASES

➤a quirk of fate造化弄人

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quirk noun
⇨ mannerism

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quirk

Difference and differences: difference, contrast, distinction...