eccentric

adjective
🔊/ɪkˈsentrɪk/
🔊/ɪkˈsentrɪk/
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  1. 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
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    • His 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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    • extremely
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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’.

eccentric

noun
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  1. a person who is considered by other people to be strange or unusual
    • Most people considered him a harmless eccentric.多数人都认为他是一个无伤大雅的怪人。🔊🔊
    • Aunt Matilda was something of an eccentric.玛蒂尔达姨妈有些古怪。