Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #14193
eccentricities
古怪；古怪行为；怪癖
eccentricities is the plural of eccentricity.
strange and unconventional behavior
- 1.
The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
古怪或反常的特质；任何古怪行为
- 2.
strange and unconventional behavior
奇怪且不寻常的行为
- 3.
The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.
圆锥曲线中,点到焦点的距离与到准线的距离之比,对给定曲线为常数
- 4.
(geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
(几何)描述圆锥曲线形状的比率；焦点间距与长轴长度的比率
- 5.
The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).
天体绕参考天体(如行星绕太阳)运行轨道的圆锥曲线(通常是椭圆)的偏心率。
- 6.
a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
中心不同或偏离圆形路径的圆形
- 7.
The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.
从某一顶点到其他任意顶点的最远距离。
古怪或反常的特质；任何古怪行为；奇怪且不寻常的行为；圆锥曲线中,点到焦点的距离与到准线的距离之比,对给定曲线为常数；(几何)描述圆锥曲线形状的比率；焦点间距与长轴长度的比率；天体绕参考天体(如行星绕太阳)运行轨道的圆锥曲线(通常是椭圆)的偏心率。
In use
Her eccentricity made her stand out in the small town.
People often smile at his eccentricities, like wearing mismatched socks.
The professor's eccentricity is part of why students love his lectures.
a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity
someone's eccentricity
此处为不可数名词，表示“古怪”这一特质。
His eccentricity makes him difficult to work with.
他的古怪使他很难共事。
the eccentricity of something/someone
用 of 引出具有该特质的人或事物，也可说 something's/someone's eccentricity。
The eccentricity of the design was intentional.
这个设计的古怪是刻意为之。
Connections
Collocations
- a touch of eccentricity
- 一点古怪
- There is a touch of eccentricity in his behavior.他的行为举止有点古怪。
- a streak of eccentricity
- 几分古怪
- She has a streak of eccentricity that endears her to friends.她带有几分古怪，这使她在朋友中很受欢迎。
- harmless eccentricity
- 无伤大雅的怪癖
- His habit of talking to plants is a harmless eccentricity.他对着植物说话的习惯是一种无伤大雅的怪癖。
- little eccentricities
- 小怪癖
- We all have our little eccentricities.我们都有各自的小怪癖。
- eccentricity of character
- 性格古怪
- His eccentricity of character was evident from his odd choices.他古怪的性格从他怪异的选择中可见一斑。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
eccentricity 含 eccentric（古怪的），联想怪人偏离中心轨道，行为怪癖。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：人物特写或访谈、较正式的书面描述、日常谈论某人的奇怪习惯 该词本身不显得随意，但也称不上非常正式；通常用于较书面或带分析性的描述，日常口语中虽然可以说，但更常见的可能是 quirk 或 odd behavior。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words above share the final stressed /ɪsəti/ sound with eccentricity, so they rhyme with its last syllable. Beware lookalikes: eccentric /ɪkˈsɛntrɪk/ has a different stressed vowel and consonant ending, and velocity /vəˈlɒsəti/ uses /ɒ/ instead of /ɪ/, so neither rhymes.
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