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eccentricity的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˌeksenˈtrisiti:]
KK音标发音： [ˌɛksɛnˈtrɪsɪti]

eccentricity的词性：
n.（名词）

1. The quality of being eccentric.
古怪：古怪的特性

2. Deviation from the normal, expected, or established.
反常：对正常、应当或既定的东西的违背

3. An example or instance of eccentric behavior.
怪癖：古怪反常行为的事例或典型

4. Physics The distance between the center of an eccentric and its axis.
【物理学】 偏心距：偏心圆的中心与圆轴间的距离

5. Mathematics The ratio of the distance of any point on a conic section from a focus to its distance from the corresponding directrix. This ratio is constant for any particular conic section.
【数学】 离心率：二次曲线上任何一点到焦点的距离与到准线的距离之比对任一特定二次曲线来说，这个比值都是一个常数

eccentricity， idiosyncrasy， quirk

6. These nouns refer to peculiarity of behavior.
这些名词表示行为的特异。

7. Eccentricity implies divergence from the usual or customary:
Eccentricity 表示违背常规或习俗：

“England is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, anomalies, hobbies, and humors” (George Santayana).
“英国是个人主义、怪诞、反常、邪教、异端、嗜癖和幽默的天堂” （乔泊·桑塔亚纳）。

8. Idiosyncrasy more often refers to such divergency viewed as being peculiar to the temperament of an individualist and serving as an identifying trait:
Idiosyncrasy 更常指个体的脾气特征与众不同，可作为识别个人的特点：

The use of lowercase letters for capital letters was one of the idiosyncrasies of the poet e.e. cummings.
用小写字母代替大写字母是诗人e.e.卡明斯特有的风格。

9. Quirk, a milder term, merely suggests an odd trait or mannerism:
Quirk 是一个较轻的用词，主要指古怪的特点或癖性：

“Every man had his own quirks and twists” (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
“人人皆有怪癖” （哈里特·毕却·斯透尔）