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单词 quirkiness
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
quirk /kwɜrk/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. an odd habit, trait, or example of behavior:He had this quirk of suddenly turning his back on the person he was talking to.
  2. an accident;
    vagary:a cruel quirk of fate.
quirk•i•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
quirk•y /ˈkwɜrki/USA pronunciation  adj., -i•er, -i•est. 
  1. odd, peculiar, or strange:a quirky smile; a quirky little sidestreet.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
quirk  (kwûrk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality;
    mannerism:He is full of strange quirks.
  2. a shift, subterfuge, or evasion;
    quibble.
  3. a sudden twist or turn:He lost his money by a quirk of fate.
  4. a flourish or showy stroke, as in writing.
  5. Architecture
    • an acute angle or channel, as one dividing two parts of a molding or one dividing a flush bead from the adjoining surfaces.
    • an area taken from a larger area, as a room or a plot of ground.
    • an enclosure for this area.
  6. [Obs.]a clever or witty remark;
    quip.

adj. 
  1. Architectureformed with a quirk or channel, as a molding.
  • origin, originally uncertain 1540–50
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . See eccentricity. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
quirk•y  (kwûrkē),USA pronunciation adj., quirk•i•er, quirk•i•est. 
  1. having or full of quirks.
  • quirk + -y1 1800–10
quirki•ly, adv. 
quirki•ness, n. 

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