| 单词 | idiosyncrasy |
| 释义 | idiosyncrasy (once / 3312 pages) n If a person has an idiosyncrasy, he or she has a little quirk, or a funny behavior, that makes him or her different. If you only say goodbye in French, never in English, that would be an idiosyncrasy. Idio seems like it means stupid, but really it is Latin for "one's own," as an idiosyncrasy is one's own particular, usually odd, behavior. Putting salt in your hot chocolate or needing the light on to sleep or tapping your head while you think are all idiosyncrasies. A machine such as a DVD player has an idiosyncrasy if you have to do something weird to it to make it work like having to bang it on the back left-hand side to stop it from skipping. WORD FAMILYidiosyncrasy: idiosyncrasies, idiosyncratic+/idiosyncratic: idiosyncratically USAGE EXAMPLESYet, while embracing those brisk qualities, they also entertain such contradictory elements as idiosyncrasy, irrationality and visual repose. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) The sizes of the rooms vary, though the band’s attention to the idiosyncrasies of each probably will not. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Repetition of talking points passes for political discussion, and serious interest in issues and options is treated as the idiosyncrasy of wonks. Nature(Nov 27, 2016) n a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual Syn|Hyper foible, mannerism distinctiveness, peculiarity, speciality, specialness, specialty a distinguishing trait |
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