| 单词 | weird |
| 释义 | weird (once / 698 pages) adj Call something weird when it’s strange, bizarre, or strikes you as odd. Putting peanut butter on pizza is weird. So is most abstract, conceptual performance art. Our definition of weird is rooted in Germanic mythology, where the “weird sisters” were three funky-looking goddesses that controlled fate and destiny: We dropped the idea of destiny and clung to how weird the weird sisters looked. In today’s slang we even use weird as a verb, as in “to weird someone out” or make them feel uneasy. WORD FAMILYweird: weirder, weirdest, weirdly, weirdness+/weirdness: weirdnesses USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s kind of weird, if you think about it.” Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) It was just weird that he called it yesterday.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Things then got weird on the point after touchdown as Jarran Reed got ejected for an unsportsmanlike penalty. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj strikingly odd or unusual "some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker Syn strange, unusual being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird 2adj suggesting the operation of supernatural influences the three weird sisters Syn eldritch, uncanny, unearthly supernatural not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material Weird (once / 12723 pages) n WORD FAMILY Weird: Weirds USAGE EXAMPLESAfter several days of agonising, I thought, “What would Weird Al do?” The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Was this a joke, a Weird Al parody of holiday music? New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) If he’s someone you’d casually call or text, then check in with a noncommittal, “Weird call — everything OK?” Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) n fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters Syn|Hyper Wyrd Anglo-Saxon deity (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons |
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