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idiosyncrasy n.特质 (1) 她有个怪习惯,就是洗什么都爱用冷水。(2) 不吃肉是艾美的习惯。(3) 人格是生物内在特质的最高实现。 Idio seems like it means stupid, but really it is Latin for "one's own," as an idiosyncrasy is one's own particular, usually odd, behavior. Putting salt in your hot chocolate or needing the light on to sleep or tapping your head while you think are all idiosyncrasies. A machine such as a DVD player has an idiosyncrasy if you have to do something weird to it to make it work like having to bang it on the back left-hand side to stop it from skipping.

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英 [ˌɪdiə'sɪŋkrəsi] 美 [ˌɪdiə'sɪŋkrəsi] (1) One of her little idiosyncrasies is always washing in cold water.(2) Eating no meat was Amy's idiosyncrasy.(3) Personality is the supreme realization of the innate idiosyncrasy of a living being. If a person has an idiosyncrasy, he or she has a little quirk, or a funny behavior, that makes him or her different. If you only say goodbye in French, never in English, that would be an idiosyncrasy. 1[N-VAR 可变名词](个人特有的)癖好，嗜好；(物品的)特色，特点 If you talk about the idiosyncrasies of someone or something, you are referring to their rather unusual habits or characteristics.   [usu with poss]Everyone has a few little idiosyncrasies...每个人都有点小嗜好。The bike has style, it has looks, it has its little idiosyncrasies...这辆自行车品质一流，外观漂亮，有一些细节之处与众不同。The book is a gem of Victorian idiosyncrasy.这本书展现了维多利亚时代特色的精华。

英语单词	idiosyncrasy
英美音标	英 [ˌɪdiə'sɪŋkrəsi] 美 [ˌɪdiə'sɪŋkrəsi]
中文释义	n.特质
英语例句	(1) One of her little idiosyncrasies is always washing in cold water. (2) Eating no meat was Amy's idiosyncrasy. (3) Personality is the supreme realization of the innate idiosyncrasy of a living being.
中文例句	(1) 她有个怪习惯,就是洗什么都爱用冷水。 (2) 不吃肉是艾美的习惯。 (3) 人格是生物内在特质的最高实现。
vocabulary简明	If a person has an idiosyncrasy, he or she has a little quirk, or a funny behavior, that makes him or her different. If you only say goodbye in French, never in English, that would be an idiosyncrasy.
vocabulary扩展	Idio seems like it means stupid, but really it is Latin for "one's own," as an idiosyncrasy is one's own particular, usually odd, behavior. Putting salt in your hot chocolate or needing the light on to sleep or tapping your head while you think are all idiosyncrasies. A machine such as a DVD player has an idiosyncrasy if you have to do something weird to it to make it work like having to bang it on the back left-hand side to stop it from skipping.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词](个人特有的)癖好，嗜好；(物品的)特色，特点 If you talk about the idiosyncrasies of someone or something, you are referring to their rather unusual habits or characteristics. [usu with poss] Everyone has a few little idiosyncrasies... 每个人都有点小嗜好。 The bike has style, it has looks, it has its little idiosyncrasies... 这辆自行车品质一流，外观漂亮，有一些细节之处与众不同。 The book is a gem of Victorian idiosyncrasy. 这本书展现了维多利亚时代特色的精华。

Idiosyncrasy 英 ˌɪdiə'Sɪŋkrəsi] 美 ˌɪdiə'Sɪŋkrəsi N.特质 Washing Cold Water