a person’s particular way of behaving, thinking, etc., especially when it is unusual; an unusual feature synonym eccentricity(个人特有的)习性;特征;癖好 Wearing a raincoat, even on a hot day, is one of her idiosyncrasies. 即使在大热天,穿雨衣也是她的一个癖好。 The car has its little idiosyncrasies. 这辆车有它的一些小小脾气。
Extra ExamplesThe microphone is likely to exaggerate the idiosyncrasies of a voice. 麦克风可能会夸大声音的特质。 We are all individuals, unique beings with our own special qualities and idiosyncrasies. 我们都是独一无二的个体,有自己的特质和癖好。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘physical constitution peculiar to an individual’): from Greek idiosunkrasia, from idios ‘own, private’ + sun ‘with’ + krasis ‘mixture’.