weird

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++weird1 /wɪəd $ wɪrd/ ●●● S2 adjective  1 informalSTRANGE very strange and unusual, and difficult to understand or explain 古怪的，奇异的 A really weird thing happened last night. 昨晚发生了一件非常奇怪的事。 He’s a weird bloke. 他是个古怪的家伙。 They sell all sorts of weird and wonderful (=very strange) products. 他们出售各种稀奇古怪的产品。► see thesaurus at strange —weirdly adverb a weirdly shaped rock 奇形怪状的岩石 —weirdness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

weird• I don't really want to spend the evening with Helen - she's so weird.• Robin's boyfriend is kind of weird.• She only had lipstick on her bottom lip which looked pretty weird.• By some weird arithmetic, the more life stuffs itself into the valley, the more spaces it creates for further life.• In an arena now entirely stocked by affectless Goldsmiths' artefacts, Strains of War is weird enough to require explanation.• It's a weird feeling to go back to a place that you lived in a long time ago.• She's dating a really weird guy who's into witchcraft and black magic.• He has some weird ideas about things.• The effect was weird, making me dizzy again.• And the Salomon traders found themselves in a weird new role.• The museum has a collection of the weirdest sculptures I've ever seen.• She was confused, of course, by liking Alison, not hating her, even in a weird sense sympathising with her.• Each owned a weird splotch of colour in a white and silver frame, painted and framed by a local artist.• The weirdest thing was running into Maryellen.• The spectacle can be weird, unpleasant, a turn-off.weird and wonderful• The Offset represents the weird and wonderful, and at first glance has the same unsettling effect as an optical illusion.• Fortunately both have recovered sufficiently to dream up more weird and wonderful schemes for 1992.• Home of the tooth relic sacred to Buddhists, it is a bustling grid of weird and wonderful shops and hotels.• They held the bat like a pen and set the game spinning in weird and wonderful ways.weird2 verb  n1.2.weird somebody out phrasal verb informal if something weirds you out, it is so strange that it makes you feel uncomfortable or worried 古怪得令〔某人〕不安Origin weird (1800-1900) weird “what happens to a person in life, fate, (bad) luck” ((11-18 centuries)), from Old English wyrd

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weird

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weird¹ S2 /wɪəd $ wɪrd/ adjectiveinformal very strange and unusual, and difficult to understand or explain:
    A really weird thing happened last night.
    He’s a weird bloke.
    They sell all sorts of weird and wonderful (=very strange) products.
—weirdly adverb:
    a weirdly shaped rock
—weirdness noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

■ very strange
   ▪ weird very strange or very different from what you are used to: I had a weird dream last night. | It’s a weird and wonderful place.
   ▪ bizarre extremely strange and different from what is usually considered normal: It was a bizarre situation. | Mark’s behaviour was really bizarre.
   ▪ surreal extremely strange and unconnected with real life or normal experiences, like something out of a dream: His paintings are full of surreal images. | There is something surreal about the climate change talks in Bali. | The plant’s flowers were so big that they seemed almost surreal
   ▪ uncanny very strange – used especially about someone having an unusual ability to do something, or looking surprisingly similar to someone: She had an uncanny knack (=ability) of putting her finger right on a problem. | Alice had an uncanny resemblance to Josie. | his uncanny ability to pick racing winners

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weird² verb
     
weird somebody out phrasal verb informal
  if something weirds you out, it is so strange that it makes you feel uncomfortable or worried