词汇 | quirky |
释义 | quirky adjective uk /ˈkwɜː.ki/ us /ˈkwɝː.ki/ unusual in an attractive and interesting way: 古怪的,独特的 He was tall and had a quirky, off-beat sense of humour.他个子高高的,有一种独特、另类的幽默感。 Synonyms offbeat way-outold-fashionedinformal unusual unusualThat's an unusual name - where does it come from? uncommonIt's not uncommon(= it is common) for people to become ill when they travel. rareThis is a rare opportunity to visit the building. unconventionalI had a very unconventional childhood. uniqueThis is your chance to own a unique piece of jewellery. Unique and unusual accidental alt- alternative atypically be marked out as somethingidiom flip flip the scriptidiom guerrilla home brew incongruous peerless personalization personalized quaintly quaintness unique uniquely unmatchable unmatched unparalleled Examples of quirkyquirky Devices of reflection and re-scaling are extracted from an architectural context and employed with quirky irreverence in this exhibition of models, drawings and ready-mades. It was a somewhat quirky period-piece, being both ostensibly radical and a confidently psychologistic study. Before that time, spatial prepositions and particles were often felt too quirky and their meanings too idiomatic for systematic linguistic study. The function of this eccentric repetition is less formal than dramatic, for the quirky music serves the text, and more specifically, portrays a character. Her ' ethnography ', indeed, is based on her literary material and a patchy, often quirky, selection of references to professionally collected ethnography. It suffers from lack of organisation, poor editing, and, above all, a rather quirky understanding of geology and geological processes. Students may be put off by the quirky language which riddles the introduction and conclusion. How did it differ from the quirky or unreasonable ways of thinking of 'normal' people? They are amnesiac disciplines, and insofar as they have a history of their own making, it is an epic history of titanic (and quirky) individuals. Behind the quirky name lurks a complex terminologymanagement system, one with its share of oddities and eccentricities. It is admirably edited and presented, despite the slightly quirky title. One could also analyze the agentive genitive in ma/ta constructions as a type of ' quirky ' subject. I have always wondered how children could come up with such a quirky system of formfunction mappings. One minor criticism of the book is that some aspects of its organization are a bit quirky. It was inventive, quirky and held the attention of listeners. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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