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

An added quirk is that your screen saver is also set to make a slideshow of these pictures.
你也可以将你的屏幕保护设置为这些图片的幻灯片形式。
The "*" is a historical quirk.
是一个历史怪象。
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”。
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。
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。
That quirk dates back to the time when mammals began to evolve.
而这一现象是从进化哺乳动物的时候才开始出现转折了。
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 second quirk is that you cannot pass arbitrary shell commands in.
第二种状况是您不能传入任意shell命令。
Quirk# 2: Should the dialog be displayed?
状况2：是否应该显示对话？
On the whole, I really enjoyed this space for the pure quirk and whimsy of it.
从整体上来说，我真的非常享受这个纯净同时充满新奇理念的空间。