considered by other people to be strange or unusual 古怪的;异乎寻常的 eccentric behaviour/clothes 古怪的行为;奇装异服 an eccentric aunt 怪僻的大婶
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1His behaviour grew increasingly eccentric as time went on. 随着时间的推移,他的举止变得越来越古怪了。 She was the classic eccentric old lady, living with a houseful of cats. 她是那种典型的有怪癖的老妇人,和一屋子猫生活在一起。
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Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun denoting a circle or orbit not having the earth precisely at its centre): via late Latin from Greek ekkentros, from ek ‘out of’ + kentron ‘centre’.