an aspect of somebody’s personality or behaviour that is a little strange 怪异的性格（或行为）；怪癖 Everyone has their own little quirks and mannerisms. 每个人都有自己的小怪癖和怪癖。
Extra ExamplesIt was a remarkable quirk in his otherwise orderly character. 这是他在其他有序的性格中的一个显著的怪癖。 Perhaps it's some quirk in your nature that makes you behave like that. 也许是你天性中的某种怪癖让你做出这样的行为。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- personality
- odd
- …
- have
- by a quirk of
- quirk in
- a quirk of fate
a strange thing that happens, especially by accident （尤指偶发的）怪事，奇事 By a strange quirk of fate they had booked into the same hotel. 真是天缘奇遇，他们住进了同一家旅馆。 an unpredictable quirk of history 不可预测的历史怪事
Extra ExamplesThe system has some odd little quirks. 这个系统有些奇怪的小毛病。 as a result of some quirk in the social order 社会秩序中某种巧合的结果
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- personality
- odd
- …
- have
- by a quirk of
- quirk in
- a quirk of fate
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘subtle verbal twist, quibble’, later ‘unexpected twist’.