eccentric
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ec·cen·tric1 /ɪkˈsentrɪk/ ●○○ adjective 1 STRANGEbehaving in a way that is unusual and different from most people 〔行为〕怪异的，古怪的 His eccentric behaviour lost him his job. 他古怪的行为使他丢了工作。 Aunt Nessy was always a bit eccentric. 内西姑妈总是有点古怪。► see thesaurus at strange, unusual2. technicalHM eccentric circles do not have the same centre point 〔圆〕不同圆心的 → concentric —eccentrically /-kli/ adverb
Examples from the Corpus
eccentric• Master of the striking Southern image, Carville had some of the same eccentric appeal for reporters as did Ross Perot.• Mr. Withers is a little eccentric, but he's basically harmless.• He wondered how could he remember such eccentric fragments?• Probable sad answer: cling to it as part of Britain's eccentric genius.• That's why you carefully cultivate eccentric habits to set you apart from others.• an eccentric millionaire• Our neighbour is an eccentric old lady who has about 25 cats.• They walked slowly along one wall, laughing and talking and only incidentally looking at the eccentric pictures.• The kidnapper met twice with an eccentric representative of the Lindberghs.• Madame Arcati was springing on to tables, falling backwards off stools and dancing eccentric tangos.eccentric2 noun [countable] MPSTRANGEsomeone who behaves in a way that is different from what is usual or socially accepted 行为古怪的人 I was regarded as something of an eccentric. 那时人们认为我行为有些古怪。Examples from the Corpus
eccentric• Many of Dr. Brook's colleagues consider him an eccentric.• Hill had established himself as a local hero and also as something of an eccentric.• The Smiths were cast as eccentrics ... which they are.• Pet Heaven was full of rather endearing eccentrics.• There was never a time when any more than a handful of eccentrics advocated the establishment of a separate black nation-state.• They evoke romantic images of humming orchard hives and summer sweetness, presided over by veiled eccentrics steeped in arcane lore.Origin eccentric1 (1500-1600) Late Latin eccentricus, from Greek ekkentros “out of the center”ec·cen·tric1 adjectiveeccentric2 nounChineseSyllable
behaving a is way in and Corpus that unusual
eccentric
ec‧cen‧tric1 /ɪkˈsentrɪk/ 
adjective
His eccentric behaviour lost him his job.
Aunt Nessy was always a bit eccentric.
2. technical eccentric circles do not have the same centre point ⇨ concentric
—eccentrically /-kli/ adverb
eccentric2 noun [countable]
someone who behaves in a way that is different from what is usual or socially accepted:
I was regarded as something of an eccentric.
| I |
adjective Date: 1500-1600
Language: Late Latin
Origin: eccentricus, from Greek ekkentros 'out of the center'
1. behaving in a way that is unusual and different from most people:Language: Late Latin
Origin: eccentricus, from Greek ekkentros 'out of the center'
2. technical eccentric circles do not have the same centre point ⇨ concentric
—eccentrically /-kli/ adverb
| II |
noun [countable]someone who behaves in a way that is different from what is usual or socially accepted: