| 单词 | quirk |
| 释义 | quirk (kwɜːʳk ) Word forms: quirks 1. countable noun [adjective NOUN] A quirk is something unusual or interesting that happens by chance. It was almost a quirk of fate he and Foy should have been in charge. [+ of] The spate of storms and hurricanes in recent years could be a statistical quirk. 2. countable noun A quirk is a habit or aspect of a person's character which is odd or unusual. Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles. Collocations: statistical quirk Kneejerk reaction has condemned the trend as a one-off, a statistical quirk that will rectify itself over time. Times, Sunday Times However, this may have been a statistical quirk. Times, Sunday Times Few spinners have induced three stumpings in a single one-day international innings — and it was far from a statistical quirk. Times, Sunday Times By some misleading statistical quirk? Times, Sunday Times Stock markets around the world march only loosely in step, and historical and statistical quirks can account for most variations. Times, Sunday Times A strange quirk was the way radar signals occasionally reached far beyond the horizon, much farther than normal. Times, Sunday Times It's a strange quirk of the world that wherever you go cheap food can be much more delicious than expensive food. The Sun By some strange quirk of chance, the start of each month this summer and autumn has brought big changes in weather. Times, Sunday Times It was this strange quirk in composition that perhaps intrigued modern viewers the most and contributed to the painting's fame in modernist circles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Switches can be caused by magic items such as amulets, heartfelt wishes, or just strange quirks of the universe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 怪事偶然发生的 Japanese: 巡り合わせ |
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