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eccentrics
怪人；行为古怪的人
eccentrics is the plural of eccentric.
核心释义
a person with unconventional or odd behavior and personality
- 1.
行为与众不同的人。
One who does not behave like others.
- 2.
性格古怪或异常的人
a person with an unusual or odd personality
- 3.
与另一圆不同心的圆。
A circle not having the same centre as another.
- 4.
具有特定类型(通常有许多怪癖)的人
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- 5.
轴心偏离的圆盘或轮子,可产生往复运动。
A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
- 6.
与肌肉收缩方向相反或逆收缩方向的训练。
An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.
离心训练；离心收缩；偏心轮；偏心圆；行为与众不同的人。；性格古怪或异常的人
用法In use
The old man next door is an eccentric; he dresses in Victorian clothes even in summer.
用法提示：eccentric作为名词，指性格古怪的人。
Our town has a few eccentrics, like the lady who paints her fence rainbow colors every month.
用法提示：eccentrics是eccentric的复数形式，指多个性格怪异的人。
He is an eccentric who keeps a dozen parrots in his living room and talks to them all day.
用法提示：eccentric作名词，强调有奇特习惯的人。
a friendly eccentric
be (quite/rather) an eccentric
这是名词用法，作表语时通常要带冠词 a/an；quite、rather 等词放在 a 之前。
My grandfather was quite an eccentric.
我爷爷是个相当古怪的人。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- old eccentric
- 古怪的老人
- The village had an old eccentric who lived in a house full of cats.村子里有个古怪的老人，住在一间满是猫的房子里。
- local eccentric
- 当地的怪人
- He is known as the local eccentric because of his unusual hobbies.他因其不寻常的爱好被称为当地的怪人。
- harmless eccentric
- 无害的怪人
- Although she seemed strange, everyone agreed she was a harmless eccentric.尽管她看起来奇怪，但大家都认为她是个无害的怪人。
- eccentric millionaire
- 古怪的百万富翁
- The eccentric millionaire left his fortune to a home for stray dogs.那位古怪的百万富翁把财产留给了一家流浪狗收容所。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将eccentric拆为ec（外）+ centric（中心），想象行为偏离中心的人，即古怪的人。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：中性；典型场景：人物性格描述、日常谈话；注：作为名词，'eccentric'通常用于中性或略带戏谑的语气，描述行为或性格与众不同的人，常见于日常对话和文学作品中。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the '-centric' ending and have stress on the same syllable [ˈsɛntrɪk], rhyming with 'eccentric'. Note that 'eccentric' begins with 'ec' pronounced /ɪk/, not /ɛk/, so it is a spelling lookalike but rhymes.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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