quirk 音标拼音: [kw'ɚk]
n . 双关语,俏皮话,警句
双关语,俏皮话,警句
quirk n 1 :
a strange attitude or habit [
synonym : {
oddity }, {
queerness },
{
quirk }, {
quirkiness }, {
crotchet }]
2 :
a narrow groove beside a beading v 1 :
twist or curve abruptly ; "
She quirked her head in a peculiar way "
Quirk \
Quirk \ (
kw [~
e ]
rk ),
n . [
Written also {
querk }.] [
Cf .
W .
chwiori to turn briskly ,
or E .
queer .]
1 .
A sudden turn ;
a starting from the point or line ;
hence ,
an artful evasion or subterfuge ;
a shift ;
a quibble ;
as ,
the quirks of a pettifogger . "
Some quirk or . . .
evasion ." --
Spenser .
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1913 Webster ]
We ground the justification of our nonconformity on dark subtilties and intricate quirks . --
Barrow .
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2 .
A fit or turn ;
a short paroxysm ;
a caprice . [
Obs .] "
Quirks of joy and grief ." --
Shak .
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3 .
A smart retort ;
a quibble ;
a shallow conceit .
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Some odd quirks and remnants of wit . --
Shak .
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4 .
An irregular air ;
as ,
light quirks of music . --
Pope .
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5 . (
Building )
A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor ,
so as to make a court ,
yard ,
etc .;
--
sometimes written quink . --
Gwilt .
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1913 Webster ]
6 . (
Arch .)
A small channel ,
deeply recessed in proportion to its width ,
used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding .
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{
Quirk molding },
a bead between two quirks .
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121 Moby Thesaurus words for "
quirk ":
aberration ,
anamorphism ,
anamorphosis ,
aroma ,
asymmetry ,
attribute ,
badge ,
boutade ,
brainstorm ,
brand ,
buckle ,
cachet ,
capriccio ,
caprice ,
cast ,
cavil ,
character ,
characteristic ,
conceit ,
configuration ,
contortion ,
crank ,
craze ,
crazy idea ,
crookedness ,
crotchet ,
cut ,
detorsion ,
deviation ,
differentia ,
differential ,
disproportion ,
distinctive feature ,
distortion ,
dodge ,
earmark ,
eccentricity ,
fad ,
fancy ,
fantastic notion ,
fantasy ,
feature ,
figure ,
flavor ,
flimflam ,
fool notion ,
freak ,
freakish inspiration ,
gnarl ,
gust ,
habit ,
hallmark ,
harebrained idea ,
humor ,
idiocrasy ,
idiosyncrasy ,
imbalance ,
impress ,
impression ,
index ,
individualism ,
irregularity ,
jesuitism ,
keynote ,
kink ,
knot ,
lineaments ,
lopsidedness ,
maggot ,
mannerism ,
mark ,
marking ,
megrim ,
minauderie ,
mold ,
nature ,
notion ,
oddity ,
odor ,
particularity ,
passing fancy ,
peculiar trait ,
peculiarity ,
property ,
quality ,
quibble ,
quiddity ,
quillet ,
quip ,
quodlibet ,
savor ,
screw ,
seal ,
shape ,
shuffle ,
singularity ,
smack ,
specialty ,
stamp ,
taint ,
tang ,
taste ,
token ,
torsion ,
tortuosity ,
toy ,
trademark ,
trait ,
trick ,
trick of behavior ,
turn ,
twist ,
unsymmetry ,
vagary ,
warp ,
whim ,
whim -
wham ,
whimsy ,
wrench ,
wrest ,
wring
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