Definition of eccentricity in English:

eccentricity

nounPlural eccentricities ˌɛksɛnˈtrɪsɪtiˌɛksɛnˈtrɪsədi

mass noun

1The quality of being eccentric.
古怪，怪僻
the eccentricity of his views
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't know if this is endearing eccentricity or a form of bewildering madness.
- It only lasts a brisk 80 minutes, but by the time it has clocked up an hour there is a sense of overkill, that the eyes can only soak up so much humour and eccentricity before fatigue creeps in.
- The preponderance of French names in those early pioneering days is perhaps not surprising, as eccentricity has always been a hallmark of the French.
- Called the Painted Ladies, these colorful gingerbread houses have become emblems of the city's eccentricity and charm.
- Her wilful eccentricity and sonic adventurism mapped out new territory for hip hop at the turn of the century.
- Sometimes, too, their views may reflect individual eccentricity as much as universal truth.
- From my first encounter with him, I found his eccentricity and charismatic flare to be attractive.
- But today the idea of serial killing as a symptom of harmless eccentricity seems somewhat faded.
- Put it down to a little mild eccentricity and leave it at that.
- The characters are overly stiff, like Dan Clowes's work, but without Clowes's eccentricity and distinctiveness.
- What may seem to prejudice a reader's full and appreciative view of her as a key figure amongst Dickens's women characters is her determined eccentricity.
- He also vividly captures the exhilaration and the danger of wire-walking, and most of his main characters are completely convincing in their eccentricity.
- The important thing here isn't eccentricity; it's quality, and that's where this disk scores big.
- They remain a rare treat, and are much recommended to anyone with an affection for the crime-fiction genre or for English eccentricity and humour.
- His response, to stuff a large lump of it in his pocket, is both hilarious and economically illustrative of his eccentricity and avoidance of conflict, an important feature of his subsequent behaviour.
- It is visually sumptuous and I found its peculiar whimsy and eccentricity never less than thrilling.
- But her trademark eccentricity, it seems, sells.
- They combined traditional British eccentricity with traditional British enjoyment of a royal occasion.
- It's not entirely accurate - the book is a bit darker than that, but there is a fair bit of lovable eccentricity to the characters.
- McEwan is younger and more energetic than the previous Marple, Joan Hickson, and this is a good thing: the character's eccentricity can be played more effectively.
1. 1.1usually eccentricitiescount noun An eccentric act or habit.
  her eccentricities were amusing rather than irritating
  她的古怪行为与其说令人反感倒不如说很逗人喜欢。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I must admit, after reading his list, I'm almost inspired to cultivate a few eccentricities myself.
  We had our own eccentricities, but they weren't of the five-figure kind.
  Even though we know that eventually we'll be moving on, inevitably we settle into the life of a community, we make friends, we get used to people and they get used to us - our eccentricities, our idiosyncrasies.
  Grandma adored her son, understood his genius, and believed that, once he received recognition, all his quirks and eccentricities would be forgiven.
  The London Daily Telegraph pioneered some years ago a franker approach to obituary writing in which journalists were prepared to write about the failings and eccentricities, as well as the virtues, of their subjects.
  I'm taking two history classes, and I love it because history students are great at cultivating eccentricities.
  He was a keen fisherman and shot and a naturalist, and his harmless eccentricities caused much amusement.
  I think one reason that I find it so acceptable for him to assert his superiority and that I find his eccentricities amusing is that I am his boss.
  They are born actors, able to furrow their brows in concentration and not think twice about how the neighbors might view this seeming eccentricity.
  There is more diversity in Europe and, with that, a greater tolerance for any little foibles and eccentricities that a player may have.
  When I knew him he was well into his eighties and actively cultivated the eccentricities of the very old.
  Party membership, once only a rarity, is increasingly an oddity, or eccentricity.
  It discovered Americans find Britain easy to get to, the French see us as relaxed and the Germans are attracted by our eccentricities and sense of humour.
  It is three pages long and goes into quite a lot of detail covering all of James' little eccentricities and foibles.
  Surely a benign and forgiving God will allow me this foible, this eccentricity.
  In person, the Libertines charm rather than irritate, because all their eccentricities and affectations are clearly so deeply felt.
  The course of Mahler's development - despite all his personal eccentricities - contains a rational core.
  With his flair and instinct for comedy, he became famous in the ‘screwball comedy’ genre, which was all about the foibles and eccentricities of people.
  By all accounts the author cut a strange figure and chose to dramatize rather than suppress his eccentricities.
  People should I think try to laugh at their own eccentricities sometimes.
  Synonyms
  unconventionality, unorthodoxy, singularity, oddness, queerness, strangeness, weirdness, bizarreness, quirkiness, freakishness, extraordinariness
  peculiarity, irregularity, abnormality, anomaly, foible, idiosyncrasy, caprice, whimsy, quirk
  informal nuttiness, dottiness, screwiness, freakiness, wackiness, crankiness, zaniness
  North American informal kookiness
2technical Deviation of a curve or orbit from circularity.
〈技〉偏心率；离心率
Example sentencesExamples
- Pluto, which has the greatest orbital eccentricity of any of the Solar System planets, was during those years at perihelion and actually closer than Neptune to the Sun.
- Because of the eccentricity of Mercury's orbit, the variation in the proper motion of the Sun would be noticeable to an observer on the planet.
- Extent bias did not increase with target eccentricity for concentric movements.
- The eccentricity of the planetary orbits is small.
- Then, the extrasolar planets orbit much closer to their host stars and have a greater orbital eccentricity than the planets in our solar system.
1. 2.1count noun A measure of the extent of deviation from circularity.
  偏心度
  Halley's Comet has an eccentricity of about 0.9675
  哈雷彗星的偏心度约为0.9675。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was also able to give greatly improved data for the orbit of Venus, finding better values for the radius of the orbit, its eccentricity and inclination to the ecliptic.
  Note that these angular sizes were calculated using the average eccentricity of the lunar orbit.
  Its orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1 per cent.

Definition of eccentricity in US English:

eccentricity

nounˌeksenˈtrisədēˌɛksɛnˈtrɪsədi

1The quality of being eccentric.
古怪，怪僻
Example sentencesExamples
- His response, to stuff a large lump of it in his pocket, is both hilarious and economically illustrative of his eccentricity and avoidance of conflict, an important feature of his subsequent behaviour.
- From my first encounter with him, I found his eccentricity and charismatic flare to be attractive.
- What may seem to prejudice a reader's full and appreciative view of her as a key figure amongst Dickens's women characters is her determined eccentricity.
- But her trademark eccentricity, it seems, sells.
- They combined traditional British eccentricity with traditional British enjoyment of a royal occasion.
- It's not entirely accurate - the book is a bit darker than that, but there is a fair bit of lovable eccentricity to the characters.
- But today the idea of serial killing as a symptom of harmless eccentricity seems somewhat faded.
- I don't know if this is endearing eccentricity or a form of bewildering madness.
- The characters are overly stiff, like Dan Clowes's work, but without Clowes's eccentricity and distinctiveness.
- The preponderance of French names in those early pioneering days is perhaps not surprising, as eccentricity has always been a hallmark of the French.
- Sometimes, too, their views may reflect individual eccentricity as much as universal truth.
- It is visually sumptuous and I found its peculiar whimsy and eccentricity never less than thrilling.
- Her wilful eccentricity and sonic adventurism mapped out new territory for hip hop at the turn of the century.
- Called the Painted Ladies, these colorful gingerbread houses have become emblems of the city's eccentricity and charm.
- They remain a rare treat, and are much recommended to anyone with an affection for the crime-fiction genre or for English eccentricity and humour.
- It only lasts a brisk 80 minutes, but by the time it has clocked up an hour there is a sense of overkill, that the eyes can only soak up so much humour and eccentricity before fatigue creeps in.
- Put it down to a little mild eccentricity and leave it at that.
- McEwan is younger and more energetic than the previous Marple, Joan Hickson, and this is a good thing: the character's eccentricity can be played more effectively.
- The important thing here isn't eccentricity; it's quality, and that's where this disk scores big.
- He also vividly captures the exhilaration and the danger of wire-walking, and most of his main characters are completely convincing in their eccentricity.
1. 1.1usually eccentricities An eccentric act, habit, or thing.
  古怪的行为（或习惯、事物）
  her eccentricities were amusing rather than irritating
  她的古怪行为与其说令人反感倒不如说很逗人喜欢。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The course of Mahler's development - despite all his personal eccentricities - contains a rational core.
  In person, the Libertines charm rather than irritate, because all their eccentricities and affectations are clearly so deeply felt.
  We had our own eccentricities, but they weren't of the five-figure kind.
  I'm taking two history classes, and I love it because history students are great at cultivating eccentricities.
  Surely a benign and forgiving God will allow me this foible, this eccentricity.
  It discovered Americans find Britain easy to get to, the French see us as relaxed and the Germans are attracted by our eccentricities and sense of humour.
  By all accounts the author cut a strange figure and chose to dramatize rather than suppress his eccentricities.
  The London Daily Telegraph pioneered some years ago a franker approach to obituary writing in which journalists were prepared to write about the failings and eccentricities, as well as the virtues, of their subjects.
  I must admit, after reading his list, I'm almost inspired to cultivate a few eccentricities myself.
  With his flair and instinct for comedy, he became famous in the ‘screwball comedy’ genre, which was all about the foibles and eccentricities of people.
  There is more diversity in Europe and, with that, a greater tolerance for any little foibles and eccentricities that a player may have.
  He was a keen fisherman and shot and a naturalist, and his harmless eccentricities caused much amusement.
  Party membership, once only a rarity, is increasingly an oddity, or eccentricity.
  People should I think try to laugh at their own eccentricities sometimes.
  When I knew him he was well into his eighties and actively cultivated the eccentricities of the very old.
  Grandma adored her son, understood his genius, and believed that, once he received recognition, all his quirks and eccentricities would be forgiven.
  It is three pages long and goes into quite a lot of detail covering all of James' little eccentricities and foibles.
  They are born actors, able to furrow their brows in concentration and not think twice about how the neighbors might view this seeming eccentricity.
  Even though we know that eventually we'll be moving on, inevitably we settle into the life of a community, we make friends, we get used to people and they get used to us - our eccentricities, our idiosyncrasies.
  I think one reason that I find it so acceptable for him to assert his superiority and that I find his eccentricities amusing is that I am his boss.
  Synonyms
  unconventionality, unorthodoxy, singularity, oddness, queerness, strangeness, weirdness, bizarreness, quirkiness, freakishness, extraordinariness
2technical Deviation of a curve or orbit from circularity.
〈技〉偏心率；离心率
Example sentencesExamples
- Because of the eccentricity of Mercury's orbit, the variation in the proper motion of the Sun would be noticeable to an observer on the planet.
- Then, the extrasolar planets orbit much closer to their host stars and have a greater orbital eccentricity than the planets in our solar system.
- Extent bias did not increase with target eccentricity for concentric movements.
- The eccentricity of the planetary orbits is small.
- Pluto, which has the greatest orbital eccentricity of any of the Solar System planets, was during those years at perihelion and actually closer than Neptune to the Sun.
1. 2.1 A measure of the extent of a deviation of a curve or orbit.
  偏心度
  Halley's Comet has an eccentricity of about 0.9675
  哈雷彗星的偏心度约为0.9675。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Note that these angular sizes were calculated using the average eccentricity of the lunar orbit.
  Its orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1 per cent.
  He was also able to give greatly improved data for the orbit of Venus, finding better values for the radius of the orbit, its eccentricity and inclination to the ecliptic.

词汇	eccentricity
释义	Definition of eccentricity in English: eccentricity nounPlural eccentricities ˌɛksɛnˈtrɪsɪtiˌɛksɛnˈtrɪsədi mass noun 1The quality of being eccentric. 古怪，怪僻 the eccentricity of his views Example sentencesExamples I don't know if this is endearing eccentricity or a form of bewildering madness. It only lasts a brisk 80 minutes, but by the time it has clocked up an hour there is a sense of overkill, that the eyes can only soak up so much humour and eccentricity before fatigue creeps in. The preponderance of French names in those early pioneering days is perhaps not surprising, as eccentricity has always been a hallmark of the French. Called the Painted Ladies, these colorful gingerbread houses have become emblems of the city's eccentricity and charm. Her wilful eccentricity and sonic adventurism mapped out new territory for hip hop at the turn of the century. Sometimes, too, their views may reflect individual eccentricity as much as universal truth. From my first encounter with him, I found his eccentricity and charismatic flare to be attractive. But today the idea of serial killing as a symptom of harmless eccentricity seems somewhat faded. Put it down to a little mild eccentricity and leave it at that. The characters are overly stiff, like Dan Clowes's work, but without Clowes's eccentricity and distinctiveness. What may seem to prejudice a reader's full and appreciative view of her as a key figure amongst Dickens's women characters is her determined eccentricity. He also vividly captures the exhilaration and the danger of wire-walking, and most of his main characters are completely convincing in their eccentricity. The important thing here isn't eccentricity; it's quality, and that's where this disk scores big. They remain a rare treat, and are much recommended to anyone with an affection for the crime-fiction genre or for English eccentricity and humour. His response, to stuff a large lump of it in his pocket, is both hilarious and economically illustrative of his eccentricity and avoidance of conflict, an important feature of his subsequent behaviour. It is visually sumptuous and I found its peculiar whimsy and eccentricity never less than thrilling. But her trademark eccentricity, it seems, sells. They combined traditional British eccentricity with traditional British enjoyment of a royal occasion. It's not entirely accurate - the book is a bit darker than that, but there is a fair bit of lovable eccentricity to the characters. McEwan is younger and more energetic than the previous Marple, Joan Hickson, and this is a good thing: the character's eccentricity can be played more effectively. 1.1usually eccentricitiescount noun An eccentric act or habit. her eccentricities were amusing rather than irritating 她的古怪行为与其说令人反感倒不如说很逗人喜欢。 Example sentencesExamples I must admit, after reading his list, I'm almost inspired to cultivate a few eccentricities myself. We had our own eccentricities, but they weren't of the five-figure kind. Even though we know that eventually we'll be moving on, inevitably we settle into the life of a community, we make friends, we get used to people and they get used to us - our eccentricities, our idiosyncrasies. Grandma adored her son, understood his genius, and believed that, once he received recognition, all his quirks and eccentricities would be forgiven. The London Daily Telegraph pioneered some years ago a franker approach to obituary writing in which journalists were prepared to write about the failings and eccentricities, as well as the virtues, of their subjects. I'm taking two history classes, and I love it because history students are great at cultivating eccentricities. He was a keen fisherman and shot and a naturalist, and his harmless eccentricities caused much amusement. I think one reason that I find it so acceptable for him to assert his superiority and that I find his eccentricities amusing is that I am his boss. They are born actors, able to furrow their brows in concentration and not think twice about how the neighbors might view this seeming eccentricity. There is more diversity in Europe and, with that, a greater tolerance for any little foibles and eccentricities that a player may have. When I knew him he was well into his eighties and actively cultivated the eccentricities of the very old. Party membership, once only a rarity, is increasingly an oddity, or eccentricity. It discovered Americans find Britain easy to get to, the French see us as relaxed and the Germans are attracted by our eccentricities and sense of humour. It is three pages long and goes into quite a lot of detail covering all of James' little eccentricities and foibles. Surely a benign and forgiving God will allow me this foible, this eccentricity. In person, the Libertines charm rather than irritate, because all their eccentricities and affectations are clearly so deeply felt. The course of Mahler's development - despite all his personal eccentricities - contains a rational core. With his flair and instinct for comedy, he became famous in the ‘screwball comedy’ genre, which was all about the foibles and eccentricities of people. By all accounts the author cut a strange figure and chose to dramatize rather than suppress his eccentricities. People should I think try to laugh at their own eccentricities sometimes. Synonyms unconventionality, unorthodoxy, singularity, oddness, queerness, strangeness, weirdness, bizarreness, quirkiness, freakishness, extraordinariness peculiarity, irregularity, abnormality, anomaly, foible, idiosyncrasy, caprice, whimsy, quirk informal nuttiness, dottiness, screwiness, freakiness, wackiness, crankiness, zaniness North American informal kookiness 2technical Deviation of a curve or orbit from circularity. 〈技〉偏心率；离心率 Example sentencesExamples Pluto, which has the greatest orbital eccentricity of any of the Solar System planets, was during those years at perihelion and actually closer than Neptune to the Sun. Because of the eccentricity of Mercury's orbit, the variation in the proper motion of the Sun would be noticeable to an observer on the planet. Extent bias did not increase with target eccentricity for concentric movements. The eccentricity of the planetary orbits is small. Then, the extrasolar planets orbit much closer to their host stars and have a greater orbital eccentricity than the planets in our solar system. 2.1count noun A measure of the extent of deviation from circularity. 偏心度 Halley's Comet has an eccentricity of about 0.9675 哈雷彗星的偏心度约为0.9675。 Example sentencesExamples He was also able to give greatly improved data for the orbit of Venus, finding better values for the radius of the orbit, its eccentricity and inclination to the ecliptic. Note that these angular sizes were calculated using the average eccentricity of the lunar orbit. Its orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1 per cent. Definition of eccentricity in US English: eccentricity nounˌeksenˈtrisədēˌɛksɛnˈtrɪsədi 1The quality of being eccentric. 古怪，怪僻 Example sentencesExamples His response, to stuff a large lump of it in his pocket, is both hilarious and economically illustrative of his eccentricity and avoidance of conflict, an important feature of his subsequent behaviour. From my first encounter with him, I found his eccentricity and charismatic flare to be attractive. What may seem to prejudice a reader's full and appreciative view of her as a key figure amongst Dickens's women characters is her determined eccentricity. But her trademark eccentricity, it seems, sells. They combined traditional British eccentricity with traditional British enjoyment of a royal occasion. It's not entirely accurate - the book is a bit darker than that, but there is a fair bit of lovable eccentricity to the characters. But today the idea of serial killing as a symptom of harmless eccentricity seems somewhat faded. I don't know if this is endearing eccentricity or a form of bewildering madness. The characters are overly stiff, like Dan Clowes's work, but without Clowes's eccentricity and distinctiveness. The preponderance of French names in those early pioneering days is perhaps not surprising, as eccentricity has always been a hallmark of the French. Sometimes, too, their views may reflect individual eccentricity as much as universal truth. It is visually sumptuous and I found its peculiar whimsy and eccentricity never less than thrilling. Her wilful eccentricity and sonic adventurism mapped out new territory for hip hop at the turn of the century. Called the Painted Ladies, these colorful gingerbread houses have become emblems of the city's eccentricity and charm. They remain a rare treat, and are much recommended to anyone with an affection for the crime-fiction genre or for English eccentricity and humour. It only lasts a brisk 80 minutes, but by the time it has clocked up an hour there is a sense of overkill, that the eyes can only soak up so much humour and eccentricity before fatigue creeps in. Put it down to a little mild eccentricity and leave it at that. McEwan is younger and more energetic than the previous Marple, Joan Hickson, and this is a good thing: the character's eccentricity can be played more effectively. The important thing here isn't eccentricity; it's quality, and that's where this disk scores big. He also vividly captures the exhilaration and the danger of wire-walking, and most of his main characters are completely convincing in their eccentricity. 1.1usually eccentricities An eccentric act, habit, or thing. 古怪的行为（或习惯、事物） her eccentricities were amusing rather than irritating 她的古怪行为与其说令人反感倒不如说很逗人喜欢。 Example sentencesExamples The course of Mahler's development - despite all his personal eccentricities - contains a rational core. In person, the Libertines charm rather than irritate, because all their eccentricities and affectations are clearly so deeply felt. We had our own eccentricities, but they weren't of the five-figure kind. I'm taking two history classes, and I love it because history students are great at cultivating eccentricities. Surely a benign and forgiving God will allow me this foible, this eccentricity. It discovered Americans find Britain easy to get to, the French see us as relaxed and the Germans are attracted by our eccentricities and sense of humour. By all accounts the author cut a strange figure and chose to dramatize rather than suppress his eccentricities. The London Daily Telegraph pioneered some years ago a franker approach to obituary writing in which journalists were prepared to write about the failings and eccentricities, as well as the virtues, of their subjects. I must admit, after reading his list, I'm almost inspired to cultivate a few eccentricities myself. With his flair and instinct for comedy, he became famous in the ‘screwball comedy’ genre, which was all about the foibles and eccentricities of people. There is more diversity in Europe and, with that, a greater tolerance for any little foibles and eccentricities that a player may have. He was a keen fisherman and shot and a naturalist, and his harmless eccentricities caused much amusement. Party membership, once only a rarity, is increasingly an oddity, or eccentricity. People should I think try to laugh at their own eccentricities sometimes. When I knew him he was well into his eighties and actively cultivated the eccentricities of the very old. Grandma adored her son, understood his genius, and believed that, once he received recognition, all his quirks and eccentricities would be forgiven. It is three pages long and goes into quite a lot of detail covering all of James' little eccentricities and foibles. They are born actors, able to furrow their brows in concentration and not think twice about how the neighbors might view this seeming eccentricity. Even though we know that eventually we'll be moving on, inevitably we settle into the life of a community, we make friends, we get used to people and they get used to us - our eccentricities, our idiosyncrasies. I think one reason that I find it so acceptable for him to assert his superiority and that I find his eccentricities amusing is that I am his boss. Synonyms unconventionality, unorthodoxy, singularity, oddness, queerness, strangeness, weirdness, bizarreness, quirkiness, freakishness, extraordinariness 2technical Deviation of a curve or orbit from circularity. 〈技〉偏心率；离心率 Example sentencesExamples Because of the eccentricity of Mercury's orbit, the variation in the proper motion of the Sun would be noticeable to an observer on the planet. Then, the extrasolar planets orbit much closer to their host stars and have a greater orbital eccentricity than the planets in our solar system. Extent bias did not increase with target eccentricity for concentric movements. The eccentricity of the planetary orbits is small. Pluto, which has the greatest orbital eccentricity of any of the Solar System planets, was during those years at perihelion and actually closer than Neptune to the Sun. 2.1 A measure of the extent of a deviation of a curve or orbit. 偏心度 Halley's Comet has an eccentricity of about 0.9675 哈雷彗星的偏心度约为0.9675。 Example sentencesExamples Note that these angular sizes were calculated using the average eccentricity of the lunar orbit. Its orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1 per cent. He was also able to give greatly improved data for the orbit of Venus, finding better values for the radius of the orbit, its eccentricity and inclination to the ecliptic.
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