eccentricity

Word family adjectiveeccentricaleccentricadverbeccentricallynouneccentricity

Related topics: Psychology, psychiatry

ec·cen·tri·ci·ty /ˌeksenˈtrɪsəti, -sən-/ noun (plural eccentricities)

1 [uncountableU]MPSTRANGE strange or unusual behaviour 古怪行为；反常行为

Kate’s mother had a reputation for eccentricity.

凯特的母亲是个出了名的怪人。

2 [countableC]STRANGE an opinion or action that is strange or unusual 古怪的想法；怪异的动作

I found his eccentricities amusing rather than irritating.

我觉得他的怪癖挺好笑，并不烦人。

Examples from the Corpus

eccentricity• Halley's comet has an eccentricity of about 0.9675 permitting it to visit us every 76 years.• Jane had always thought that an eccentricity but now it occurred to her that it was what a spy would do.• His father, fortunately, had certain eccentricities.• There was a grotesque inventiveness, a deliberate eccentricity in the idea of the cuckoo clock that Melanie had never encountered.• Without stage drama, her eccentricity blossomed, and drew Jack and Rob into it.• The class, used to his eccentricities, waited patiently.• In his films, Levinson chronicled Baltimore's eccentricities and charms.• Britain's eccentricity is not entirely harmless.

词汇	eccentricity
释义	eccentricity Word family adjectiveeccentricaleccentricadverbeccentricallynouneccentricity Related topics: Psychology, psychiatry ec·cen·tri·ci·ty /ˌeksenˈtrɪsəti, -sən-/ noun (plural eccentricities) 1 [uncountableU]MPSTRANGE strange or unusual behaviour 古怪行为；反常行为 Kate’s mother had a reputation for eccentricity. 凯特的母亲是个出了名的怪人。 2 [countableC]STRANGE an opinion or action that is strange or unusual 古怪的想法；怪异的动作 I found his eccentricities amusing rather than irritating. 我觉得他的怪癖挺好笑，并不烦人。 Examples from the Corpus eccentricity• Halley's comet has an eccentricity of about 0.9675 permitting it to visit us every 76 years.• Jane had always thought that an eccentricity but now it occurred to her that it was what a spy would do.• His father, fortunately, had certain eccentricities.• There was a grotesque inventiveness, a deliberate eccentricity in the idea of the cuckoo clock that Melanie had never encountered.• Without stage drama, her eccentricity blossomed, and drew Jack and Rob into it.• The class, used to his eccentricities, waited patiently.• In his films, Levinson chronicled Baltimore's eccentricities and charms.• Britain's eccentricity is not entirely harmless.
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