One of his eccentricities is sleeping under the bed instead of on it. 他的怪僻之一是睡觉睡在床底下而不睡在床上.
His eccentricity had become legendary long before he died. 在他去世之前他的古怪脾气就早已闻名遐尔了。
I can't understand the eccentricity of Henry's behavior. 我不理解亨利的古怪举止。
eccentricity
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strange and unconventional behavior
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(geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
<noun.shape> a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity
a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
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Eccentricity \Ec`cen*tric"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Eccentricities}. [Cf. F. excentricit['e].] 1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
2. (Math.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
3. (Astron.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
4. (Mech.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.
Living up to a reputation for eccentricity, he arrived on stage surrounded by three bodyguards and departed with them, without pausing for photographs.
We must mention the films that boasted, if not quality, large quantities of vitality or eccentricity.
Workman's whimsy, eccentricity and obsessive attention to detail flow from Mr. Workman, the 51-year-old founder.
This is a matter of style that one suspects he picked up from some role model (is there a little Hugh Hefner in this eccentricity?).
His book is generous, even reverential, treating the absurdities he encountered as lovable examples of English eccentricity.
The treasury could raise more than Dollars 2bn this year from share issues. A third reason is that privatisation is no longer an English eccentricity: it has become a European fad.