英语词汇“erratic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	erratic
释义	er·rat·ic I. \ə̇ˈrad.]ik, (ˈ)e\|r-, ēˈr-, -at], ]ēk\ adjective also er·rat·i·cal \]ə̇kəl, ]ēk-\ Etymology: erratic from Middle English erratik, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French erratique, from Latin erraticus, from erratus (past participle of errare to wander, err) + -icus -ic; erratical from erratic + -al — more at err 1. a. : having no fixed course : wandering < an erratic comet > b. archaic : having no fixed residence : nomadic < those savages although erratic must remain long enough in one position to cultivate this grain — Z.M.Pike > 2. : transported by a glacier from an original resting place < erratic boulder > < erratic block > 3. a. : characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity : unpredictable, capricious < erratic as an unroped steer — New Republic > : fluctuating < the hog market was erratic but pork remained steady > : uneven < the pitcher showed erratic control, throwing too many wild pitches > specifically : marked by irregular changes of direction < the erratic course of the river > < streets that run at erratic angles > b. : deviating from what is ordinary or standard (as in nature, behavior, or opinion) : odd, eccentric < the key to the code was the erratic punctuation > < he must have been … scandalously erratic from the Puritan point of view — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > Synonyms: see strange II. noun (-s) : one that is erratic < we have erratics, unscholarly foolish persons — Joseph Cook > specifically : an erratic boulder or block of rock
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