| 单词 | eccentric |
| 释义 | eccentric (once / 558 pages) 1adjn 2adj You're most likely to encounter the adjective eccentric in a description of an unusual or quirky person — like a scatterbrained aunt who leaves her life savings to her cat. From the Greek ekkentros, "out of the center," this word originally had to do with the orbits of planets that were observed to be slightly out of whack. Eventually it came to describe people who were a little kooky, both as an adjective and as a noun, too: an eccentric is an unconventional, odd person. Think of them as following a slightly different orbit from the rest of society. WORD FAMILYeccentric: eccentrically, eccentricity, eccentricly, eccentrics+/eccentricity: eccentricities USAGE EXAMPLESRazor Girl, full of eccentric characters, mistaken identities, coincidences and farce, follows a similar format. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Williams is famous for her short stories, which are full of strange, witty, fabulous, and often eccentric turns of phrase. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) During the day, she borders on eccentric, painting everything in their house shades of black and white. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1adj conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual famed for his eccentric spelling Syn bizarre, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre unconventional not conventional or conformist 2n a person with an unusual or odd personality Syn|Hypo|Hyper eccentric person, flake, geek, oddball crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball a whimsically eccentric person nutter, wacko, whackoa person who is regarded as eccentric or mad anomaly, unusual person a person who is unusual 3n a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) 2a friendly eccentric Syn|Hyper case, character, type adult, grownup a fully developed person from maturity onward adj not having a common center; not concentric eccentric circles Syn|Ant nonconcentric acentric not centered or having no center off-center, off-centeredsituated away from the center or axis concentric, concentrical, homocentric having a common center coaxal, coaxialhaving a common axis |
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