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weird adj. 古怪的，荒唐的 weird (adj.) c.1400, "having power to control fate, from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes," from Proto-Germanic *wurthiz (cognates: Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"), from PIE *wert- "to turn, to wind," (cognates: German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," compare phrase turn into "become."The sense "uncanny, supernatural" developed from Middle English use of weird sisters for the three fates or Norns (in Germanic mythology), the goddesses who controlled human destiny. They were portrayed as odd or frightening in appearance, as in "Macbeth" (and especially in 18th and 19th century productions of it), which led to the adjectival meaning "odd-looking, uncanny" (1815); "odd, strange, disturbingly different" (1820). Related: Weirdly; weirdness. 【记】wizard 魔法师，经常能做出奇异的或超自然的事，如哈利波特；we world， 我们这个世界无奇不有，什么weird的事都有；wired 装了窃听器了，要不觉得有些古怪；【相关】wild 野的, weld 銲接, wield 挥

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[wiəd] 【英】 adj.古怪的，荒唐的( odd, fantastic)【例】 a weird idea(怪念头) adj. 古怪荒唐的; 超自然的【记】we, ird = bird: 我们突然变成鸟了－超自然的; 古怪荒唐的

单词	weird
音标	[wiəd]
解释	adj. 古怪的，荒唐的
红宝书	【英】 adj.古怪的，荒唐的( odd, fantastic) 【例】 a weird idea(怪念头)
字源	weird (adj.) c.1400, "having power to control fate, from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes," from Proto-Germanic wurthiz (cognates: Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"), from PIE wert- "to turn, to wind," (cognates: German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," compare phrase turn into "become." The sense "uncanny, supernatural" developed from Middle English use of weird sisters for the three fates or Norns (in Germanic mythology), the goddesses who controlled human destiny. They were portrayed as odd or frightening in appearance, as in "Macbeth" (and especially in 18th and 19th century productions of it), which led to the adjectival meaning "odd-looking, uncanny" (1815); "odd, strange, disturbingly different" (1820). Related: Weirdly; weirdness.
不择手段背单词	adj. 古怪荒唐的; 超自然的【记】we, ird = bird: 我们突然变成鸟了－超自然的; 古怪荒唐的
趣味全助记	【记】wizard 魔法师，经常能做出奇异的或超自然的事，如哈利波特；we world，我们这个世界无奇不有，什么weird的事都有；wired 装了窃听器了，要不觉得有些古怪；【相关】wild 野的, weld 銲接, wield 挥

Weird English Adj Fate Cognates German Turn Sense