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单词 quirky
释义
quirky
adjective
uk
/ˈkwɜː.ki/us
/ˈkwɝː.ki/
unusualin anattractiveandinterestingway:
古怪的，独特的
He wastalland had a quirky, off-beatsenseofhumour.他个子高高的，有一种独特、另类的幽默感。
Synonyms
offbeat
way-outold-fashionedinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
unusual
  • unusualThat's an unusual name - where does it come from?
  • uncommonIt's not uncommon(= it is common)for people to become ill when they travel.
  • rareThis is a rare opportunity to visit the building.
  • unconventionalI had a very unconventional childhood.
  • uniqueThis is your chance to own a unique piece of jewellery.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unique and unusual
  • accidental
  • alt-
  • alternative
  • be marked out assomethingidiom
  • be one of a kindidiom
  • guerrilla
  • incongruous
  • inimitable
  • irreplaceable
  • larger than lifeidiom
  • personalized
  • quaintly
  • quaintness
  • quirkiness
  • random
  • uniquely
  • unmatchable
  • unmatched
  • unparalleled
  • unrivalled
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(Definition ofquirkyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquirky

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Devices of reflection and re-scaling are extracted from an architectural context and employed withquirkyirreverence in this exhibition of models, drawings and ready-mades.
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It was a somewhatquirkyperiod-piece, being both ostensibly radical and a confidently psychologistic study.
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Before that time, spatial prepositions and particles were often felt tooquirkyand their meanings too idiomatic for systematic linguistic study.
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The function of this eccentric repetition is less formal than dramatic, for thequirkymusic serves the text, and more specifically, portrays a character.
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Her ' ethnography ', indeed, is based on her literary material and a patchy, oftenquirky, selection of references to professionally collected ethnography.
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It suffers from lack of organisation, poor editing, and, above all, a ratherquirkyunderstanding of geology and geological processes.
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Students may be put off by thequirkylanguage which riddles the introduction and conclusion.
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How did it differ from thequirkyor unreasonable ways of thinking of 'normal' people?
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They are amnesiac disciplines, and insofar as they have a history of their own making, it is an epic history of titanic (andquirky) individuals.
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Behind thequirkyname lurks a complex terminologymanagement system, one with its share of oddities and eccentricities.
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It is admirably edited and presented, despite the slightlyquirkytitle.
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One could also analyze the agentive genitive in ma/ta constructions as a type of 'quirky' subject.
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I have always wondered how children could come up with such aquirkysystem of formfunction mappings.
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One minor criticism of the book is that some aspects of its organization are a bitquirky.
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It was inventive,quirkyand held the attention of listeners.
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