quirk
n. 古怪举动, 俏皮话, 急转
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教材释义与例句
怪癖；急转；借口
释义与例句
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1.
An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
怪癖
The car steers cleanly, but the gearshift has a few quirks.
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2.
An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a molding and a soffit.
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3.
A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.
古体
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1.
To (cause to) move with a wry jerk.
及物/不及物He quirked an eyebrow.
The corners of her mouth quirked.
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2.
To furnish with a quirk or channel.
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3.
To alter in a unique and unusual way.
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4.
To use verbal tricks or quibbles.
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1.
Alternative form of querk.
词汇关系
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词源
First attested in the 1540s. Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *querk, from Old Norse kverk (“a bend or angle, especially below a cross-beam or below the chin, the bight of an axe", also "throat, gullet”), from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (“throat, gullet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour; maw”). Cognate with Scots querk (“throat", also "any hollow in the body, such as an armpit, groin, instep, etc.”), Icelandic kverk (“interior angle”). Also partially from dialectal quirk, querk (“a whim, fancy, fuss, huff, complaint", also "to peevishly grumble, grunt, sigh, croak, die”), from Middle English querken, *quirken (“to choke”), from Old Norse kvirkja (“to choke, strangle”), from the same origin above. Related to dialectal querken, quirken (“to choke”). Likely not related to queer.
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