eccentric

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who does not behave like others.
    — A tiny, feisty woman who always spoke her mind, Charlotte was an eccentric in the wonderful way that some women from the last century were natural eccentrics.
  2. A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs. slang
  3. A circle not having the same centre as another.
  4. A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
    — The position of the eccentrics which is necessary to make the pistons drive the engine forward must be directly the reverse of that which would cause them to drive the engine backwards. To be able, therefore, to reverse the motion of the engine, it would only be necessary to be able to reverse the position of the eccentrics, which may be accomplished by either of two expedients.
  5. An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.
    — Research tells us that eccentrics, heavy partials, and static exercise may require several days or weeks of recovery time.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
    — Strikingly, we see that party births tend systematically to be at policy positions that are significantly more eccentric than those of surviving parties, whatever decision rule these parties use.
  2. Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
    — As of 2008, Margaret had the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater.
  3. Having a different center; not concentric.
  4. Of a person, deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange. figuratively
    — 1801, Author not named, Fyfield (John), entry in Eccentric Biography; Or, Sketches of Remarkable Characters, Ancient and Modern, page 127, He was a man of a most eccentric turn of mind, and great singularity of conduct.
  5. Of a motion, against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
  6. Having different goals or motives. figuratively
    — a. 1626, Francis Bacon, 1867, Richard Whately (analysis and notes), James R. Boyd (editor), Essay XI: Wisdom for a Man's Self, Lord Bacon's Essays, page 171, […] for whatsoever affairs pass such a man's hands he crooketh them to his own ends, which must needs be often eccentric to those of his master or state: […]
  7. Having or being an oospore with a single large oil globule on one side that displaces much of the ooplasm and forces the ooplasts to one side.
    — Oospores may be centric, subcentric, subeccentric or eccentric. Antheridial branches may or may not be present, and are androgynous, monoclinous, diclinous or hypogynous.

词形变化

more eccentric comparative most eccentric superlative excentric alternative eccentrick alternative excentrick alternative eccentrics plural excentric alternative eccentrick alternative excentrick alternative

词汇关系

近义词
aberrant abnormal anomalous balmy barmy bizarre crackpot cranky eccentric eccentrical erratic excentrical extraordinary far-out freakish heteroclite idiocentric idiosyncratic irregular kookish kooky nutbar odd oddballish off-centre outlandish outré peculiar pixilated queer quirky quizzy spacy squirrelly uncommon wacky weird whimsical whimsome wifty Wodehousian Wonkaesque nonconformist crank odd duck weirdo
反义词
consistent conventional mainstream normal ordinary uneccentric
上位词
strange unconventional
衍生词
eccentric abstraction eccentrically eccentric anomaly eccentricate eccentric contraction eccentric flint eccentric hypertrophy eccentric kangaroo unicycle eccentrize isoeccentric photoeccentric uneccentric
相关词
central centric eccentricity foible idiosyncrasy quirk insane strange person acentric

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs
Proto-Hellenic *eks
Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek)
Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-)
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros)der.
Medieval Latin eccentricusder.
Middle French excentriquebor.
English eccentric
From Middle French excentrique, from Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros, “not having the earth as the center of an orbit”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “point”). Equivalent to ex- + -centric.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs
Proto-Hellenic *eks
Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek)
Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-)
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros)der.
Medieval Latin eccentricusder.
Middle French excentriquebor.
English eccentric
From Middle French excentrique, from Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros, “not having the earth as the center of an orbit”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “point”). Equivalent to ex- + -centric.
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