quirk
音標(biāo)：
英音/ kw??k /? ?美音/ kw??rk /

聽(tīng)聽(tīng)基本釋意：

見(jiàn)原文：https://engapi.com/article/5026

外刊例句：
Mr. Lott’s findings could explain one of the quirks in public polling last year in the run-up to the midterm congressional elections.
洛特先生的發(fā)現(xiàn)可以解釋去年國(guó)會(huì)中期選舉前夕公眾民意調(diào)查中的怪異現(xiàn)象之一。
—Washington Times

The film is full of Miyazaki’s signature obsessions, quirks and thematic concerns.
這部電影充滿了宮崎駿標(biāo)志性的癡迷、怪癖和主題關(guān)注。
—BBC

That FX series showed some of the Emmys’ quirks with its 13 nominations.
FX 的這部劇集獲得了 13 項(xiàng)提名，展示了艾美獎(jiǎng)的一些怪癖。
—Washington Times

基本釋意：
noun
a strange attitude or habit
怪癖， 怪異的性格（或行為）；（偶然發(fā)生的）怪事，奇事；急轉(zhuǎn)，急彎；（建筑）狹凹槽，深槽；<美>借口

同義詞：
crotchet,oddity,queerness,quirkiness

短釋義：
A quirk can be an adorable little habit, like wearing flowery dresses and big sun bonnets or bow ties every day. Someone who has one or many quirks is said to be quirky — a little odd, but usually in a fun way. When it’s not being used to describe people’s unusual traits, quirk can mean a quick curve, or a groove, that runs along or separates the molding in a building.
怪癖是一種獨(dú)特的、奇怪的、有時(shí)甚至是迷人的特質(zhì)，它使一個(gè)人從人群中脫穎而出。鄉(xiāng)村喜劇演員米妮·珀?duì)?(Minnie Pearl) 因其帽子上掛著 1.98 美元價(jià)格標(biāo)簽的怪癖而聞名。

長(zhǎng)釋義：
A quirk can be an adorable little habit, like wearing flowery dresses and big sun bonnets or bow ties every day. Someone who has one or many quirks is said to be quirky — a little odd, but usually in a fun way. When it’s not being used to describe people’s unusual traits, quirk can mean a quick curve, or a groove, that runs along or separates the molding in a building.
怪癖可以是一個(gè)可愛(ài)的小習(xí)慣，比如每天穿花裙子、戴大太陽(yáng)帽或領(lǐng)結(jié)。有人說(shuō)，有一個(gè)或多個(gè)怪癖的人很古怪——有點(diǎn)奇怪，但通常是一種有趣的方式。當(dāng)它不被用來(lái)描述人們不尋常的特征時(shí)，怪癖可以指沿著或分隔建筑物中的造型的快速曲線或凹槽。

文學(xué)例句：
The Vietnamese geek and the American geek are the same breed, containing the same amount of personality quirks you outlined in your articles.
越南極客和美國(guó)極客是同一品種，包含與您在文章中概述的相同數(shù)量的個(gè)性怪癖。
—Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon Katz

Everything done her way, because she had a lot of very specific dance quirks.
一切都按照她的方式進(jìn)行，因?yàn)樗泻芏喾浅＞唧w的舞蹈怪癖。
—Auggie & Me by R. J. Palacio

The corners of Jabir’s mouth quirked just slightly as they passed under the arch.
當(dāng)他們經(jīng)過(guò)拱門(mén)下方時(shí)，賈比爾的嘴角微微翹起。
—Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray

詞源：
quirk?(n.)1560s, “a quibble, an artful evasion,” a word of unknown origin, perhaps connected to German quer (see queer (adj.)) via the notion of twisting and slanting; but its earliest appearance in western England dialect seems to argue against this as its source. Perhaps originally a technical term for a twist or flourish in weaving. Sense of “peculiarity” is c. 1600.Related entries & more

下面是詞源的翻譯（機(jī)器翻譯比較難翻，參考著看）
quirk (n.)1560s，“狡辯，巧妙的逃避”，一個(gè)來(lái)源不明的詞，可能通過(guò)扭曲和傾斜的概念與德語(yǔ) quer （參見(jiàn) queer (adj.)）相關(guān)；但它最早出現(xiàn)在英格蘭西部方言中，似乎反對(duì)將此作為其來(lái)源。也許最初是一個(gè)技術(shù)術(shù)語(yǔ)，表示編織中的扭曲或繁榮。 “獨(dú)特”感是c． 1600.相關(guān)條目及更多