单词 | eccentric |
释义 | eccentric adj. & n. --adj   1. odd or capricious in behaviour or appearance; whimsical.   2. a not placed, not having its axis etc. placed centrally. b (often foll. by to) (of a circle) not concentric (to another). c (of an orbit) not circular. --n   1. an eccentric person.   2. Mech. an eccentric contrivance for changing rotatory into backward-and-forward motion, e.g. the cam used in an internal-combustion engine. Derivatives eccentrically adv. eccentricity n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: LL eccentricus f. Gk ekkentros f. ek out of + kentros CENTRE |
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