Definition of irregular in English:

irregular

adjective ɪˈrɛɡjʊləəˈrɛɡjələr

1Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.
不平整的；不匀称的；不平衡的
his strong, irregular features
Example sentencesExamples
- Other abnormalities under high temperature stress included an irregular arrangement of the epidermal cells.
- Each panel features an elongated, irregular rectangle painted in acrylic in red, blue or black against a contrasting hue.
- The irregular shape of the cornea distorts the image causing it to blur, unlike in a lazy eye where the eye is essentially normal.
- Cut out the irregular shape from B and the circle from C.
- The scaphoid bone has an irregular shape, and 80% of the surface is covered by articular cartilage.
- Fractures can occur in any orientation, and they are usually curved or highly irregular in shape.
- Melanomas and other skin cancers usually have irregular shapes.
- This irregular arrangement of atoms not only defines a substance as glass, but also determines several of its properties.
- Dandruff is irregular in shape and does not adhere to the base of the hair.
- It is not that Thomas deliberately creates irregular shapes.
- The resultant aggregates may have many internal lipid lined compartments, which contributes to its highly irregular shape.
- Walls began to rattle, and the mirror in the entryway shook and broke into a million irregular pieces.
- For larger or more irregular areas, the cables might work better.
- Electron microscopy revealed polygonal tumor cells with round nuclei having slightly irregular contours and prominent nucleoli.
- Most asteroids are very irregular in shape.
- Most asteroids are highly irregular in shape, their miniscule gravity being too small to influence their overall outlines.
- After fingering about a dozen ties I choose a grey one with small irregular spots arranged in diagonal rows.
- The spongy fabric is loose and tetrahedral, with rather irregular pores in size and shape.
- Unfortunately, most were not well-formed single crystals but were somewhat irregular masses.
- The net result is that the cartilage is replaced from within by a somewhat irregular vascularized network of bone.
Synonyms
asymmetrical, non-uniform, uneven, crooked, misshapen, lopsided, contorted, twisted
twisting, serpentine, curving
broken, jagged, ragged, craggy, serrated, sawtooth, saw-edged, notched, nicked, indented
rough, bumpy, uneven, coarse
pitted, rutted, rutty, holed, holey
lumpy, knobby, knobbly, gnarled
1. 1.1 Occurring at uneven or varying rates or intervals.
  不规则的；无规律的
  an irregular heartbeat
  不规则的心跳。
  Example sentencesExamples
  On December 4, I started experiencing mild, irregular contractions.
  Side effects of emergency contraception are nausea, vomiting and irregular bleeding.
  Quivering or irregular contraction of heart muscle fibers, preventing the heart from contracting as a unit and pumping blood effectively.
  My politicization had happened at irregular intervals during my primary and secondary school days.
  During the rest of the wintering season, surveys were conducted at irregular intervals.
  Special announcements and features appeared on a somewhat irregular basis.
  The syndrome should be suspected in women with hirsutism, irregular menstruation, or infertility.
  The resultant irregular rhythm may be difficult to differentiate from atrial fibrillation.
  Postings may sometimes be irregular this week, since I'm at a conference.
  She appeared to have sensed the tension building in him and her breathing was slightly irregular.
  At the northwest corner, three to four people smoked at irregular intervals.
  Low blood pressure and irregular heartbeat are the most significant side effects.
  When he finally drew away, her breathing was irregular and she appeared flustered.
  Her head hung and she remained still for a few moments, her breathing irregular.
  For example, many tropical species reproduce at irregular supra-annual intervals.
  The rhythm is irregular, and the rate can vary or become sinus bradycardia because of the long pauses.
  When the body's natural electrical signal becomes irregular the technology can provide synchronisation.
  After about 12 hours of labor, the doctor insisted on a C-section because I was bleeding heavily and the contractions were very strong and irregular.
  Income can be withdrawn at irregular intervals to suit individual circumstances as long as the payments are in accordance with the above limits.
  I've started school again, so updates will probably be in irregular intervals.
  Synonyms
  inconsistent, unsteady, uneven, shaky, fitful, patchy, variable, varying, changeable, changing, ever-changing, on-and-off, off-and-on, inconstant, erratic, haphazard, unstable, unsettled, spasmodic, sporadic, episodic, intermittent, occasional, unpunctual, wavering, fluctuating, aperiodic, unsystematic, unmethodical, capricious
  desultory, casual
2. 1.2Botany (of a flower) having the petals differing in size and shape; zygomorphic.
  〔植〕（花瓣大小和形状）不整齐的；左右对称的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The only specimen of P. ramispina bears a few small, irregular branches, but is otherwise similar to E. siniansis; it does not merit a separate taxon.
  Irregular flowers are common in some species in the genus Commelina.
  The fasciated stem extended in one plane, and the phyllotaxy of floral primordia was irregular.
  Irregular flowers have only a single plane of symmetry.
  This is a list of species found on this site with irregular flowers.
2Contrary to the rules or to that which is normal or established.
不合常规的；不正常的
their involvement in irregular financial dealings
他们因卷入不正常金融交易受到质询。
Example sentencesExamples
- The couple work long hours and have very irregular, seasonal business, so they needed sound financial advice on how to use their savings wisely.
- Indicated if labour is established but the contractions are of irregular intensity or duration.
- However, this was found in contradiction of OUSU rules, necessitating an irregular by-election to be held via an extraordinary meeting of the Postgraduate Assembly.
- If irregular bleeding started with introduction of a new contraception pill, a change in the type of pill will be considered.
- The gentle formality of the house contrasts strongly with its irregular context and neighbouring suburban dwellings, but it does have precedents in New Zealand.
- They're aimed at the self-employed, contract workers and those on irregular incomes and enable applicants to simply declare their incomes without having to provide any accounts or pay slips to prove it.
- Their rather irregular position within the Church of Ireland could not really continue.
- Memory, or at least my memory, is such an uneven and irregular thing.
- Urge incontinence results from irregular and unexpected bladder contraction, causing the patient to feel an urgent need to relieve herself or himself.
- He is to take up the ANC's decision, which he called irregular and unacceptable, with the Local Government and Housing official.
- The Defendant alleged in its counterclaim that it was entitled to damages for claims presented in an improper and irregular fashion.
- The union, representing about 4000 white farmers, said the judge's action was ‘highly irregular and improper’.
- It is claimed that leftover money from Eurostat contracts was placed in irregular reserves known as ‘financial envelopes’.
- Apparently such procedural irregularities, including violations of long-standing court rules, are not so irregular.
- In the last financial year Australia had 4450 asylum-seekers arrive in irregular fashion, that is, boat people.
- In contrast, it showed that all planetary and most irregular nebulae are traveling at very low speeds - some toward us and some away from us.
- It is no secret that some departments and individuals have overspent during the past financial year - not forgetting the irregular expenditure under investigation.
- I'm not having a lot of fun these days, because my life is so irregular, so chaotic.
- The tax situation becomes a little more complex for onshore bondholders who plan to draw down regular or irregular amounts.
Synonyms
against the rules, contrary to the rules, out of order, improper, incorrect, illegitimate, unscrupulous, unethical, unprofessional
unofficial, back-door, grey
not done, unacceptable, wrong, beyond the pale, unorthodox, unconventional, off-centre, abnormal
informal not on, a bit much, shady
British informal a bit thick, off, not cricket
Australian/New Zealand informal over the fence
1. 2.1 (of troops) not belonging to regular or established army units.
  （军队）非正规军的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Before the state commission army, forces were assembled from diverse sources, including mercenary bands and irregular bodies of troops raised by local nobles.
  The Army's 1899 Philippine Campaign led to important doctrine for irregular warfare.
  The irregular rebel army is the racially and sexually integrated volunteer force of the post-Vietnam era.
  Much of the countryside remains under the control of the Afghan warlords who use heroin money to maintain their irregular armies of up to 10,000 each.
  British troops clash with irregular forces during a raid in Basra.
  The army and Marine Corps began to form and train units for irregular or guerrilla war operations.
  This language seems to take for granted that the armed forces of the parties to a conflict will abide by the four criteria specifically applicable to irregular troops.
  Noriega had become increasingly dictatorial, relied on irregular paramilitary units, and was involved in drug trafficking.
  He commanded an irregular cavalry with the most striking uniforms which conquered many parts of the country for the British.
  Terrorists are illegal irregular combatants who violate international laws and murder innocent civilians; they can and should be targeted.
  From now on, they were to be regarded as the irregular troops of a military alliance at war with the United States, and indeed the civilized world as a whole.
  Those operations will most certainly involve combat against both regular and irregular forces.
  The biggest achievement, we think, is the formation of a system of views on the conduct of combat operations against irregular units.
  Not only did he understand the new tactics, he was also able to put them into practice using a smaller army made up of irregular troops.
  The Army has historically viewed irregular warfare as a temporary anomaly.
  The Sanfedists were made into the irregular troops of the Papacy and all justice was dispensed in Church courts.
  As the theatre of war moved south, so did the smallpox, primarily affecting civilians, camp followers, and irregular troops in both armies.
  In fact, regular as well as irregular troops opposed the US in many of the conflicts Boot cites.
  The fighting force was to be divided into three irregular units.
  A better term might be irregular warfare, war against enemies unable or unwilling to field professional armies.
  Synonyms
  guerrilla, underground
  unofficial, paramilitary
  resistance, partisan, mercenary
3Grammar
(of a verb or other word) having inflections that do not conform to the usual rules.
〔语法〕（动词或其他字词）不规则的，不规则变化的
Example sentencesExamples
- However, he's mistaken when he says that ‘Esperanto is probably the only language to have no irregular verbs.’
- The questions required knowledge of some words, but also of an irregular verb form and some grammatical terminology.
- The reader will not find lists of irregular verb forms or instructions for punctuating dialogue.
- In some irregular verbs, these functions are served by different forms.
- Note that ‘to spy’ is always an irregular verb, only the third person form resembles the infinitive.

noun ɪˈrɛɡjʊləəˈrɛɡjələr

1A member of an irregular military force.
非正规军人员
Example sentencesExamples
- Christian irregulars, seemingly cooperating with the military, forced the Muslim leaders to flee.
- Personal leadership must still be exercised on these most ferocious of battlefields as we face shattered remnants and irregulars.
- Reconstruction efforts are under way, but American troops remain targets of almost daily attacks by Iraqi irregulars.
- The basic U.S. strength in Afghanistan is 17,000 troops of " straight-legged " infantry - conventional forces ill-prepared to handle irregulars.
- After all, in both wars, most of the fighting was against irregulars, who operated among civilians.
- While repeating the Pentagon line that these irregulars were ‘forced to fight,’ Wallace acknowledged indirectly that the US military faces a hostile population.
- Beware of irregulars and infiltrators trying to pass as civilians.
- US forces now see the main threat as ambushes by irregulars and some foreign volunteers.
- Stricter martial law often applied to border states like Kentucky and Missouri, where populations with Confederate sympathies provided support for Confederate irregulars.
- Amitav Ghosh spent many weeks, at great personal risk, with the irregulars fighting the military regime in Burma.
- Other combat units went in and used better reconnaissance and fighting skills to methodically eliminate the irregulars.
- The mission, supposed to take roughly an hour, degenerated into a 15-hour shootout between 120 American soldiers and several thousand Somali irregulars and clan militia.
- Even aside from the bloody, two and a half century-long experience of struggle against native American irregulars, when has the country waged a plausibly symmetrical conflict?
- Meanwhile, specially trained anti-guerilla units, cavalry and African scouts and irregulars did much of the actual fighting.
- Apparently, this is equally true among guerrillas and other irregulars.
- During the war, beginning in eastern France, it was used to refer to groups of irregulars who had organized themselves to fight the Germans.
- In its essence, this battle was typical of all those against the Iraqi irregulars.
- One report said that British forces faced ' lightly armed irregulars '.
- The Filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregulars in the field.
- He's learnt that irregulars and paramilitaries can cause problems, using things like human shields.
Synonyms
guerrilla, underground fighter
paramilitary
resistance fighter, partisan, mercenary
2North American An imperfect piece of merchandise sold at a reduced price.
〈主美〉次品，处理品

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'not conforming to rule (especially that of the Church')): via Old French from medieval Latin irregularis, from in- 'not' + regularis (see regular).

Rhymes

regular

Definition of irregular in US English:

irregular

adjectiveəˈrɛɡjələrəˈreɡyələr

1Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.
不平整的；不匀称的；不平衡的
his strong, irregular features
Example sentencesExamples
- Unfortunately, most were not well-formed single crystals but were somewhat irregular masses.
- Each panel features an elongated, irregular rectangle painted in acrylic in red, blue or black against a contrasting hue.
- The irregular shape of the cornea distorts the image causing it to blur, unlike in a lazy eye where the eye is essentially normal.
- This irregular arrangement of atoms not only defines a substance as glass, but also determines several of its properties.
- It is not that Thomas deliberately creates irregular shapes.
- Dandruff is irregular in shape and does not adhere to the base of the hair.
- Most asteroids are highly irregular in shape, their miniscule gravity being too small to influence their overall outlines.
- Fractures can occur in any orientation, and they are usually curved or highly irregular in shape.
- The resultant aggregates may have many internal lipid lined compartments, which contributes to its highly irregular shape.
- Melanomas and other skin cancers usually have irregular shapes.
- The scaphoid bone has an irregular shape, and 80% of the surface is covered by articular cartilage.
- Other abnormalities under high temperature stress included an irregular arrangement of the epidermal cells.
- For larger or more irregular areas, the cables might work better.
- Walls began to rattle, and the mirror in the entryway shook and broke into a million irregular pieces.
- Electron microscopy revealed polygonal tumor cells with round nuclei having slightly irregular contours and prominent nucleoli.
- The spongy fabric is loose and tetrahedral, with rather irregular pores in size and shape.
- The net result is that the cartilage is replaced from within by a somewhat irregular vascularized network of bone.
- Most asteroids are very irregular in shape.
- After fingering about a dozen ties I choose a grey one with small irregular spots arranged in diagonal rows.
- Cut out the irregular shape from B and the circle from C.
Synonyms
asymmetrical, non-uniform, uneven, crooked, misshapen, lopsided, contorted, twisted
rough, bumpy, uneven, coarse
1. 1.1 Occurring at uneven or varying rates or intervals.
  不规则的；无规律的
  an irregular heartbeat
  不规则的心跳。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Side effects of emergency contraception are nausea, vomiting and irregular bleeding.
  The syndrome should be suspected in women with hirsutism, irregular menstruation, or infertility.
  Income can be withdrawn at irregular intervals to suit individual circumstances as long as the payments are in accordance with the above limits.
  I've started school again, so updates will probably be in irregular intervals.
  At the northwest corner, three to four people smoked at irregular intervals.
  When the body's natural electrical signal becomes irregular the technology can provide synchronisation.
  On December 4, I started experiencing mild, irregular contractions.
  Low blood pressure and irregular heartbeat are the most significant side effects.
  For example, many tropical species reproduce at irregular supra-annual intervals.
  During the rest of the wintering season, surveys were conducted at irregular intervals.
  Postings may sometimes be irregular this week, since I'm at a conference.
  She appeared to have sensed the tension building in him and her breathing was slightly irregular.
  Her head hung and she remained still for a few moments, her breathing irregular.
  My politicization had happened at irregular intervals during my primary and secondary school days.
  After about 12 hours of labor, the doctor insisted on a C-section because I was bleeding heavily and the contractions were very strong and irregular.
  Quivering or irregular contraction of heart muscle fibers, preventing the heart from contracting as a unit and pumping blood effectively.
  The rhythm is irregular, and the rate can vary or become sinus bradycardia because of the long pauses.
  The resultant irregular rhythm may be difficult to differentiate from atrial fibrillation.
  When he finally drew away, her breathing was irregular and she appeared flustered.
  Special announcements and features appeared on a somewhat irregular basis.
  Synonyms
  inconsistent, unsteady, uneven, shaky, fitful, patchy, variable, varying, changeable, changing, ever-changing, on-and-off, off-and-on, inconstant, erratic, haphazard, unstable, unsettled, spasmodic, sporadic, episodic, intermittent, occasional, unpunctual, wavering, fluctuating, aperiodic, unsystematic, unmethodical, capricious
2. 1.2Botany (of a flower) having the petals differing in size and shape; zygomorphic.
  〔植〕（花瓣大小和形状）不整齐的；左右对称的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The only specimen of P. ramispina bears a few small, irregular branches, but is otherwise similar to E. siniansis; it does not merit a separate taxon.
  Irregular flowers have only a single plane of symmetry.
  Irregular flowers are common in some species in the genus Commelina.
  The fasciated stem extended in one plane, and the phyllotaxy of floral primordia was irregular.
  This is a list of species found on this site with irregular flowers.
2Contrary to the rules or to that which is normal or established.
不合常规的；不正常的
they were questioned about their involvement in irregular financial dealings
他们因卷入不正常金融交易受到质询。
Example sentencesExamples
- In the last financial year Australia had 4450 asylum-seekers arrive in irregular fashion, that is, boat people.
- It is no secret that some departments and individuals have overspent during the past financial year - not forgetting the irregular expenditure under investigation.
- Their rather irregular position within the Church of Ireland could not really continue.
- In contrast, it showed that all planetary and most irregular nebulae are traveling at very low speeds - some toward us and some away from us.
- It is claimed that leftover money from Eurostat contracts was placed in irregular reserves known as ‘financial envelopes’.
- The tax situation becomes a little more complex for onshore bondholders who plan to draw down regular or irregular amounts.
- The couple work long hours and have very irregular, seasonal business, so they needed sound financial advice on how to use their savings wisely.
- He is to take up the ANC's decision, which he called irregular and unacceptable, with the Local Government and Housing official.
- Indicated if labour is established but the contractions are of irregular intensity or duration.
- The union, representing about 4000 white farmers, said the judge's action was ‘highly irregular and improper’.
- Apparently such procedural irregularities, including violations of long-standing court rules, are not so irregular.
- Memory, or at least my memory, is such an uneven and irregular thing.
- Urge incontinence results from irregular and unexpected bladder contraction, causing the patient to feel an urgent need to relieve herself or himself.
- If irregular bleeding started with introduction of a new contraception pill, a change in the type of pill will be considered.
- The Defendant alleged in its counterclaim that it was entitled to damages for claims presented in an improper and irregular fashion.
- The gentle formality of the house contrasts strongly with its irregular context and neighbouring suburban dwellings, but it does have precedents in New Zealand.
- I'm not having a lot of fun these days, because my life is so irregular, so chaotic.
- They're aimed at the self-employed, contract workers and those on irregular incomes and enable applicants to simply declare their incomes without having to provide any accounts or pay slips to prove it.
- However, this was found in contradiction of OUSU rules, necessitating an irregular by-election to be held via an extraordinary meeting of the Postgraduate Assembly.
Synonyms
against the rules, contrary to the rules, out of order, improper, incorrect, illegitimate, unscrupulous, unethical, unprofessional
1. 2.1 (of troops) not belonging to regular or established army units.
  （军队）非正规军的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The army and Marine Corps began to form and train units for irregular or guerrilla war operations.
  From now on, they were to be regarded as the irregular troops of a military alliance at war with the United States, and indeed the civilized world as a whole.
  He commanded an irregular cavalry with the most striking uniforms which conquered many parts of the country for the British.
  This language seems to take for granted that the armed forces of the parties to a conflict will abide by the four criteria specifically applicable to irregular troops.
  The irregular rebel army is the racially and sexually integrated volunteer force of the post-Vietnam era.
  The Army's 1899 Philippine Campaign led to important doctrine for irregular warfare.
  The biggest achievement, we think, is the formation of a system of views on the conduct of combat operations against irregular units.
  In fact, regular as well as irregular troops opposed the US in many of the conflicts Boot cites.
  Those operations will most certainly involve combat against both regular and irregular forces.
  The Army has historically viewed irregular warfare as a temporary anomaly.
  Noriega had become increasingly dictatorial, relied on irregular paramilitary units, and was involved in drug trafficking.
  Much of the countryside remains under the control of the Afghan warlords who use heroin money to maintain their irregular armies of up to 10,000 each.
  British troops clash with irregular forces during a raid in Basra.
  A better term might be irregular warfare, war against enemies unable or unwilling to field professional armies.
  Before the state commission army, forces were assembled from diverse sources, including mercenary bands and irregular bodies of troops raised by local nobles.
  Terrorists are illegal irregular combatants who violate international laws and murder innocent civilians; they can and should be targeted.
  Not only did he understand the new tactics, he was also able to put them into practice using a smaller army made up of irregular troops.
  As the theatre of war moved south, so did the smallpox, primarily affecting civilians, camp followers, and irregular troops in both armies.
  The Sanfedists were made into the irregular troops of the Papacy and all justice was dispensed in Church courts.
  The fighting force was to be divided into three irregular units.
  Synonyms
  guerrilla, underground
3Grammar
(of a verb or other word) having inflections that do not conform to the usual rules.
〔语法〕（动词或其他字词）不规则的，不规则变化的
Example sentencesExamples
- Note that ‘to spy’ is always an irregular verb, only the third person form resembles the infinitive.
- However, he's mistaken when he says that ‘Esperanto is probably the only language to have no irregular verbs.’
- The reader will not find lists of irregular verb forms or instructions for punctuating dialogue.
- In some irregular verbs, these functions are served by different forms.
- The questions required knowledge of some words, but also of an irregular verb form and some grammatical terminology.

nounəˈrɛɡjələrəˈreɡyələr

1A member of an irregular military force.
非正规军人员
Example sentencesExamples
- Reconstruction efforts are under way, but American troops remain targets of almost daily attacks by Iraqi irregulars.
- Beware of irregulars and infiltrators trying to pass as civilians.
- The basic U.S. strength in Afghanistan is 17,000 troops of " straight-legged " infantry - conventional forces ill-prepared to handle irregulars.
- In its essence, this battle was typical of all those against the Iraqi irregulars.
- After all, in both wars, most of the fighting was against irregulars, who operated among civilians.
- While repeating the Pentagon line that these irregulars were ‘forced to fight,’ Wallace acknowledged indirectly that the US military faces a hostile population.
- Christian irregulars, seemingly cooperating with the military, forced the Muslim leaders to flee.
- Personal leadership must still be exercised on these most ferocious of battlefields as we face shattered remnants and irregulars.
- Amitav Ghosh spent many weeks, at great personal risk, with the irregulars fighting the military regime in Burma.
- He's learnt that irregulars and paramilitaries can cause problems, using things like human shields.
- Meanwhile, specially trained anti-guerilla units, cavalry and African scouts and irregulars did much of the actual fighting.
- One report said that British forces faced ' lightly armed irregulars '.
- Other combat units went in and used better reconnaissance and fighting skills to methodically eliminate the irregulars.
- The mission, supposed to take roughly an hour, degenerated into a 15-hour shootout between 120 American soldiers and several thousand Somali irregulars and clan militia.
- Apparently, this is equally true among guerrillas and other irregulars.
- Stricter martial law often applied to border states like Kentucky and Missouri, where populations with Confederate sympathies provided support for Confederate irregulars.
- US forces now see the main threat as ambushes by irregulars and some foreign volunteers.
- The Filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregulars in the field.
- Even aside from the bloody, two and a half century-long experience of struggle against native American irregulars, when has the country waged a plausibly symmetrical conflict?
- During the war, beginning in eastern France, it was used to refer to groups of irregulars who had organized themselves to fight the Germans.
Synonyms
guerrilla, underground fighter
2North American An imperfect piece of merchandise sold at a reduced price.
〈主美〉次品，处理品

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘not conforming to rule (especially that of the Church’)): via Old French from medieval Latin irregularis, from in- ‘not’ + regularis (see regular).

词汇	irregular
释义	Definition of irregular in English: irregular adjective ɪˈrɛɡjʊləəˈrɛɡjələr 1Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement. 不平整的；不匀称的；不平衡的 his strong, irregular features Example sentencesExamples Other abnormalities under high temperature stress included an irregular arrangement of the epidermal cells. Each panel features an elongated, irregular rectangle painted in acrylic in red, blue or black against a contrasting hue. The irregular shape of the cornea distorts the image causing it to blur, unlike in a lazy eye where the eye is essentially normal. Cut out the irregular shape from B and the circle from C. The scaphoid bone has an irregular shape, and 80% of the surface is covered by articular cartilage. Fractures can occur in any orientation, and they are usually curved or highly irregular in shape. Melanomas and other skin cancers usually have irregular shapes. This irregular arrangement of atoms not only defines a substance as glass, but also determines several of its properties. Dandruff is irregular in shape and does not adhere to the base of the hair. It is not that Thomas deliberately creates irregular shapes. The resultant aggregates may have many internal lipid lined compartments, which contributes to its highly irregular shape. Walls began to rattle, and the mirror in the entryway shook and broke into a million irregular pieces. For larger or more irregular areas, the cables might work better. Electron microscopy revealed polygonal tumor cells with round nuclei having slightly irregular contours and prominent nucleoli. Most asteroids are very irregular in shape. Most asteroids are highly irregular in shape, their miniscule gravity being too small to influence their overall outlines. After fingering about a dozen ties I choose a grey one with small irregular spots arranged in diagonal rows. The spongy fabric is loose and tetrahedral, with rather irregular pores in size and shape. Unfortunately, most were not well-formed single crystals but were somewhat irregular masses. The net result is that the cartilage is replaced from within by a somewhat irregular vascularized network of bone. Synonyms asymmetrical, non-uniform, uneven, crooked, misshapen, lopsided, contorted, twisted twisting, serpentine, curving broken, jagged, ragged, craggy, serrated, sawtooth, saw-edged, notched, nicked, indented rough, bumpy, uneven, coarse pitted, rutted, rutty, holed, holey lumpy, knobby, knobbly, gnarled 1.1 Occurring at uneven or varying rates or intervals. 不规则的；无规律的 an irregular heartbeat 不规则的心跳。 Example sentencesExamples On December 4, I started experiencing mild, irregular contractions. Side effects of emergency contraception are nausea, vomiting and irregular bleeding. Quivering or irregular contraction of heart muscle fibers, preventing the heart from contracting as a unit and pumping blood effectively. My politicization had happened at irregular intervals during my primary and secondary school days. During the rest of the wintering season, surveys were conducted at irregular intervals. Special announcements and features appeared on a somewhat irregular basis. The syndrome should be suspected in women with hirsutism, irregular menstruation, or infertility. The resultant irregular rhythm may be difficult to differentiate from atrial fibrillation. Postings may sometimes be irregular this week, since I'm at a conference. She appeared to have sensed the tension building in him and her breathing was slightly irregular. At the northwest corner, three to four people smoked at irregular intervals. Low blood pressure and irregular heartbeat are the most significant side effects. When he finally drew away, her breathing was irregular and she appeared flustered. Her head hung and she remained still for a few moments, her breathing irregular. For example, many tropical species reproduce at irregular supra-annual intervals. The rhythm is irregular, and the rate can vary or become sinus bradycardia because of the long pauses. When the body's natural electrical signal becomes irregular the technology can provide synchronisation. After about 12 hours of labor, the doctor insisted on a C-section because I was bleeding heavily and the contractions were very strong and irregular. Income can be withdrawn at irregular intervals to suit individual circumstances as long as the payments are in accordance with the above limits. I've started school again, so updates will probably be in irregular intervals. Synonyms inconsistent, unsteady, uneven, shaky, fitful, patchy, variable, varying, changeable, changing, ever-changing, on-and-off, off-and-on, inconstant, erratic, haphazard, unstable, unsettled, spasmodic, sporadic, episodic, intermittent, occasional, unpunctual, wavering, fluctuating, aperiodic, unsystematic, unmethodical, capricious desultory, casual 1.2Botany (of a flower) having the petals differing in size and shape; zygomorphic. 〔植〕（花瓣大小和形状）不整齐的；左右对称的 Example sentencesExamples The only specimen of P. ramispina bears a few small, irregular branches, but is otherwise similar to E. siniansis; it does not merit a separate taxon. Irregular flowers are common in some species in the genus Commelina. The fasciated stem extended in one plane, and the phyllotaxy of floral primordia was irregular. Irregular flowers have only a single plane of symmetry. This is a list of species found on this site with irregular flowers. 2Contrary to the rules or to that which is normal or established. 不合常规的；不正常的 their involvement in irregular financial dealings 他们因卷入不正常金融交易受到质询。 Example sentencesExamples The couple work long hours and have very irregular, seasonal business, so they needed sound financial advice on how to use their savings wisely. Indicated if labour is established but the contractions are of irregular intensity or duration. However, this was found in contradiction of OUSU rules, necessitating an irregular by-election to be held via an extraordinary meeting of the Postgraduate Assembly. If irregular bleeding started with introduction of a new contraception pill, a change in the type of pill will be considered. The gentle formality of the house contrasts strongly with its irregular context and neighbouring suburban dwellings, but it does have precedents in New Zealand. They're aimed at the self-employed, contract workers and those on irregular incomes and enable applicants to simply declare their incomes without having to provide any accounts or pay slips to prove it. Their rather irregular position within the Church of Ireland could not really continue. Memory, or at least my memory, is such an uneven and irregular thing. Urge incontinence results from irregular and unexpected bladder contraction, causing the patient to feel an urgent need to relieve herself or himself. He is to take up the ANC's decision, which he called irregular and unacceptable, with the Local Government and Housing official. The Defendant alleged in its counterclaim that it was entitled to damages for claims presented in an improper and irregular fashion. The union, representing about 4000 white farmers, said the judge's action was ‘highly irregular and improper’. It is claimed that leftover money from Eurostat contracts was placed in irregular reserves known as ‘financial envelopes’. Apparently such procedural irregularities, including violations of long-standing court rules, are not so irregular. In the last financial year Australia had 4450 asylum-seekers arrive in irregular fashion, that is, boat people. In contrast, it showed that all planetary and most irregular nebulae are traveling at very low speeds - some toward us and some away from us. It is no secret that some departments and individuals have overspent during the past financial year - not forgetting the irregular expenditure under investigation. I'm not having a lot of fun these days, because my life is so irregular, so chaotic. The tax situation becomes a little more complex for onshore bondholders who plan to draw down regular or irregular amounts. Synonyms against the rules, contrary to the rules, out of order, improper, incorrect, illegitimate, unscrupulous, unethical, unprofessional unofficial, back-door, grey not done, unacceptable, wrong, beyond the pale, unorthodox, unconventional, off-centre, abnormal informal not on, a bit much, shady British informal a bit thick, off, not cricket Australian/New Zealand informal over the fence 2.1 (of troops) not belonging to regular or established army units. （军队）非正规军的 Example sentencesExamples Before the state commission army, forces were assembled from diverse sources, including mercenary bands and irregular bodies of troops raised by local nobles. The Army's 1899 Philippine Campaign led to important doctrine for irregular warfare. The irregular rebel army is the racially and sexually integrated volunteer force of the post-Vietnam era. Much of the countryside remains under the control of the Afghan warlords who use heroin money to maintain their irregular armies of up to 10,000 each. British troops clash with irregular forces during a raid in Basra. The army and Marine Corps began to form and train units for irregular or guerrilla war operations. This language seems to take for granted that the armed forces of the parties to a conflict will abide by the four criteria specifically applicable to irregular troops. Noriega had become increasingly dictatorial, relied on irregular paramilitary units, and was involved in drug trafficking. He commanded an irregular cavalry with the most striking uniforms which conquered many parts of the country for the British. Terrorists are illegal irregular combatants who violate international laws and murder innocent civilians; they can and should be targeted. From now on, they were to be regarded as the irregular troops of a military alliance at war with the United States, and indeed the civilized world as a whole. Those operations will most certainly involve combat against both regular and irregular forces. The biggest achievement, we think, is the formation of a system of views on the conduct of combat operations against irregular units. Not only did he understand the new tactics, he was also able to put them into practice using a smaller army made up of irregular troops. The Army has historically viewed irregular warfare as a temporary anomaly. The Sanfedists were made into the irregular troops of the Papacy and all justice was dispensed in Church courts. As the theatre of war moved south, so did the smallpox, primarily affecting civilians, camp followers, and irregular troops in both armies. In fact, regular as well as irregular troops opposed the US in many of the conflicts Boot cites. The fighting force was to be divided into three irregular units. A better term might be irregular warfare, war against enemies unable or unwilling to field professional armies. Synonyms guerrilla, underground unofficial, paramilitary resistance, partisan, mercenary 3Grammar (of a verb or other word) having inflections that do not conform to the usual rules. 〔语法〕（动词或其他字词）不规则的，不规则变化的 Example sentencesExamples However, he's mistaken when he says that ‘Esperanto is probably the only language to have no irregular verbs.’ The questions required knowledge of some words, but also of an irregular verb form and some grammatical terminology. The reader will not find lists of irregular verb forms or instructions for punctuating dialogue. In some irregular verbs, these functions are served by different forms. Note that ‘to spy’ is always an irregular verb, only the third person form resembles the infinitive. noun ɪˈrɛɡjʊləəˈrɛɡjələr 1A member of an irregular military force. 非正规军人员 Example sentencesExamples Christian irregulars, seemingly cooperating with the military, forced the Muslim leaders to flee. Personal leadership must still be exercised on these most ferocious of battlefields as we face shattered remnants and irregulars. Reconstruction efforts are under way, but American troops remain targets of almost daily attacks by Iraqi irregulars. The basic U.S. strength in Afghanistan is 17,000 troops of " straight-legged " infantry - conventional forces ill-prepared to handle irregulars. After all, in both wars, most of the fighting was against irregulars, who operated among civilians. While repeating the Pentagon line that these irregulars were ‘forced to fight,’ Wallace acknowledged indirectly that the US military faces a hostile population. Beware of irregulars and infiltrators trying to pass as civilians. US forces now see the main threat as ambushes by irregulars and some foreign volunteers. Stricter martial law often applied to border states like Kentucky and Missouri, where populations with Confederate sympathies provided support for Confederate irregulars. Amitav Ghosh spent many weeks, at great personal risk, with the irregulars fighting the military regime in Burma. Other combat units went in and used better reconnaissance and fighting skills to methodically eliminate the irregulars. The mission, supposed to take roughly an hour, degenerated into a 15-hour shootout between 120 American soldiers and several thousand Somali irregulars and clan militia. Even aside from the bloody, two and a half century-long experience of struggle against native American irregulars, when has the country waged a plausibly symmetrical conflict? Meanwhile, specially trained anti-guerilla units, cavalry and African scouts and irregulars did much of the actual fighting. Apparently, this is equally true among guerrillas and other irregulars. During the war, beginning in eastern France, it was used to refer to groups of irregulars who had organized themselves to fight the Germans. In its essence, this battle was typical of all those against the Iraqi irregulars. One report said that British forces faced ' lightly armed irregulars '. The Filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregulars in the field. He's learnt that irregulars and paramilitaries can cause problems, using things like human shields. Synonyms guerrilla, underground fighter paramilitary resistance fighter, partisan, mercenary 2North American An imperfect piece of merchandise sold at a reduced price. 〈主美〉次品，处理品 Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'not conforming to rule (especially that of the Church')): via Old French from medieval Latin irregularis, from in- 'not' + regularis (see regular). Rhymes regular Definition of irregular in US English: irregular adjectiveəˈrɛɡjələrəˈreɡyələr 1Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement. 不平整的；不匀称的；不平衡的 his strong, irregular features Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately, most were not well-formed single crystals but were somewhat irregular masses. Each panel features an elongated, irregular rectangle painted in acrylic in red, blue or black against a contrasting hue. The irregular shape of the cornea distorts the image causing it to blur, unlike in a lazy eye where the eye is essentially normal. This irregular arrangement of atoms not only defines a substance as glass, but also determines several of its properties. It is not that Thomas deliberately creates irregular shapes. Dandruff is irregular in shape and does not adhere to the base of the hair. Most asteroids are highly irregular in shape, their miniscule gravity being too small to influence their overall outlines. Fractures can occur in any orientation, and they are usually curved or highly irregular in shape. The resultant aggregates may have many internal lipid lined compartments, which contributes to its highly irregular shape. Melanomas and other skin cancers usually have irregular shapes. The scaphoid bone has an irregular shape, and 80% of the surface is covered by articular cartilage. Other abnormalities under high temperature stress included an irregular arrangement of the epidermal cells. For larger or more irregular areas, the cables might work better. Walls began to rattle, and the mirror in the entryway shook and broke into a million irregular pieces. Electron microscopy revealed polygonal tumor cells with round nuclei having slightly irregular contours and prominent nucleoli. The spongy fabric is loose and tetrahedral, with rather irregular pores in size and shape. The net result is that the cartilage is replaced from within by a somewhat irregular vascularized network of bone. Most asteroids are very irregular in shape. After fingering about a dozen ties I choose a grey one with small irregular spots arranged in diagonal rows. Cut out the irregular shape from B and the circle from C. Synonyms asymmetrical, non-uniform, uneven, crooked, misshapen, lopsided, contorted, twisted rough, bumpy, uneven, coarse 1.1 Occurring at uneven or varying rates or intervals. 不规则的；无规律的 an irregular heartbeat 不规则的心跳。 Example sentencesExamples Side effects of emergency contraception are nausea, vomiting and irregular bleeding. The syndrome should be suspected in women with hirsutism, irregular menstruation, or infertility. Income can be withdrawn at irregular intervals to suit individual circumstances as long as the payments are in accordance with the above limits. I've started school again, so updates will probably be in irregular intervals. At the northwest corner, three to four people smoked at irregular intervals. When the body's natural electrical signal becomes irregular the technology can provide synchronisation. On December 4, I started experiencing mild, irregular contractions. Low blood pressure and irregular heartbeat are the most significant side effects. For example, many tropical species reproduce at irregular supra-annual intervals. During the rest of the wintering season, surveys were conducted at irregular intervals. Postings may sometimes be irregular this week, since I'm at a conference. She appeared to have sensed the tension building in him and her breathing was slightly irregular. Her head hung and she remained still for a few moments, her breathing irregular. My politicization had happened at irregular intervals during my primary and secondary school days. After about 12 hours of labor, the doctor insisted on a C-section because I was bleeding heavily and the contractions were very strong and irregular. Quivering or irregular contraction of heart muscle fibers, preventing the heart from contracting as a unit and pumping blood effectively. The rhythm is irregular, and the rate can vary or become sinus bradycardia because of the long pauses. The resultant irregular rhythm may be difficult to differentiate from atrial fibrillation. When he finally drew away, her breathing was irregular and she appeared flustered. Special announcements and features appeared on a somewhat irregular basis. Synonyms inconsistent, unsteady, uneven, shaky, fitful, patchy, variable, varying, changeable, changing, ever-changing, on-and-off, off-and-on, inconstant, erratic, haphazard, unstable, unsettled, spasmodic, sporadic, episodic, intermittent, occasional, unpunctual, wavering, fluctuating, aperiodic, unsystematic, unmethodical, capricious 1.2Botany (of a flower) having the petals differing in size and shape; zygomorphic. 〔植〕（花瓣大小和形状）不整齐的；左右对称的 Example sentencesExamples The only specimen of P. ramispina bears a few small, irregular branches, but is otherwise similar to E. siniansis; it does not merit a separate taxon. Irregular flowers have only a single plane of symmetry. Irregular flowers are common in some species in the genus Commelina. The fasciated stem extended in one plane, and the phyllotaxy of floral primordia was irregular. This is a list of species found on this site with irregular flowers. 2Contrary to the rules or to that which is normal or established. 不合常规的；不正常的 they were questioned about their involvement in irregular financial dealings 他们因卷入不正常金融交易受到质询。 Example sentencesExamples In the last financial year Australia had 4450 asylum-seekers arrive in irregular fashion, that is, boat people. It is no secret that some departments and individuals have overspent during the past financial year - not forgetting the irregular expenditure under investigation. Their rather irregular position within the Church of Ireland could not really continue. In contrast, it showed that all planetary and most irregular nebulae are traveling at very low speeds - some toward us and some away from us. It is claimed that leftover money from Eurostat contracts was placed in irregular reserves known as ‘financial envelopes’. The tax situation becomes a little more complex for onshore bondholders who plan to draw down regular or irregular amounts. The couple work long hours and have very irregular, seasonal business, so they needed sound financial advice on how to use their savings wisely. He is to take up the ANC's decision, which he called irregular and unacceptable, with the Local Government and Housing official. Indicated if labour is established but the contractions are of irregular intensity or duration. The union, representing about 4000 white farmers, said the judge's action was ‘highly irregular and improper’. Apparently such procedural irregularities, including violations of long-standing court rules, are not so irregular. Memory, or at least my memory, is such an uneven and irregular thing. Urge incontinence results from irregular and unexpected bladder contraction, causing the patient to feel an urgent need to relieve herself or himself. If irregular bleeding started with introduction of a new contraception pill, a change in the type of pill will be considered. The Defendant alleged in its counterclaim that it was entitled to damages for claims presented in an improper and irregular fashion. The gentle formality of the house contrasts strongly with its irregular context and neighbouring suburban dwellings, but it does have precedents in New Zealand. I'm not having a lot of fun these days, because my life is so irregular, so chaotic. They're aimed at the self-employed, contract workers and those on irregular incomes and enable applicants to simply declare their incomes without having to provide any accounts or pay slips to prove it. However, this was found in contradiction of OUSU rules, necessitating an irregular by-election to be held via an extraordinary meeting of the Postgraduate Assembly. Synonyms against the rules, contrary to the rules, out of order, improper, incorrect, illegitimate, unscrupulous, unethical, unprofessional 2.1 (of troops) not belonging to regular or established army units. （军队）非正规军的 Example sentencesExamples The army and Marine Corps began to form and train units for irregular or guerrilla war operations. From now on, they were to be regarded as the irregular troops of a military alliance at war with the United States, and indeed the civilized world as a whole. He commanded an irregular cavalry with the most striking uniforms which conquered many parts of the country for the British. This language seems to take for granted that the armed forces of the parties to a conflict will abide by the four criteria specifically applicable to irregular troops. The irregular rebel army is the racially and sexually integrated volunteer force of the post-Vietnam era. The Army's 1899 Philippine Campaign led to important doctrine for irregular warfare. The biggest achievement, we think, is the formation of a system of views on the conduct of combat operations against irregular units. In fact, regular as well as irregular troops opposed the US in many of the conflicts Boot cites. Those operations will most certainly involve combat against both regular and irregular forces. The Army has historically viewed irregular warfare as a temporary anomaly. Noriega had become increasingly dictatorial, relied on irregular paramilitary units, and was involved in drug trafficking. Much of the countryside remains under the control of the Afghan warlords who use heroin money to maintain their irregular armies of up to 10,000 each. British troops clash with irregular forces during a raid in Basra. A better term might be irregular warfare, war against enemies unable or unwilling to field professional armies. Before the state commission army, forces were assembled from diverse sources, including mercenary bands and irregular bodies of troops raised by local nobles. Terrorists are illegal irregular combatants who violate international laws and murder innocent civilians; they can and should be targeted. Not only did he understand the new tactics, he was also able to put them into practice using a smaller army made up of irregular troops. As the theatre of war moved south, so did the smallpox, primarily affecting civilians, camp followers, and irregular troops in both armies. The Sanfedists were made into the irregular troops of the Papacy and all justice was dispensed in Church courts. The fighting force was to be divided into three irregular units. Synonyms guerrilla, underground 3Grammar (of a verb or other word) having inflections that do not conform to the usual rules. 〔语法〕（动词或其他字词）不规则的，不规则变化的 Example sentencesExamples Note that ‘to spy’ is always an irregular verb, only the third person form resembles the infinitive. However, he's mistaken when he says that ‘Esperanto is probably the only language to have no irregular verbs.’ The reader will not find lists of irregular verb forms or instructions for punctuating dialogue. In some irregular verbs, these functions are served by different forms. The questions required knowledge of some words, but also of an irregular verb form and some grammatical terminology. nounəˈrɛɡjələrəˈreɡyələr 1A member of an irregular military force. 非正规军人员 Example sentencesExamples Reconstruction efforts are under way, but American troops remain targets of almost daily attacks by Iraqi irregulars. Beware of irregulars and infiltrators trying to pass as civilians. The basic U.S. strength in Afghanistan is 17,000 troops of " straight-legged " infantry - conventional forces ill-prepared to handle irregulars. In its essence, this battle was typical of all those against the Iraqi irregulars. After all, in both wars, most of the fighting was against irregulars, who operated among civilians. While repeating the Pentagon line that these irregulars were ‘forced to fight,’ Wallace acknowledged indirectly that the US military faces a hostile population. Christian irregulars, seemingly cooperating with the military, forced the Muslim leaders to flee. Personal leadership must still be exercised on these most ferocious of battlefields as we face shattered remnants and irregulars. Amitav Ghosh spent many weeks, at great personal risk, with the irregulars fighting the military regime in Burma. He's learnt that irregulars and paramilitaries can cause problems, using things like human shields. Meanwhile, specially trained anti-guerilla units, cavalry and African scouts and irregulars did much of the actual fighting. One report said that British forces faced ' lightly armed irregulars '. Other combat units went in and used better reconnaissance and fighting skills to methodically eliminate the irregulars. The mission, supposed to take roughly an hour, degenerated into a 15-hour shootout between 120 American soldiers and several thousand Somali irregulars and clan militia. Apparently, this is equally true among guerrillas and other irregulars. Stricter martial law often applied to border states like Kentucky and Missouri, where populations with Confederate sympathies provided support for Confederate irregulars. US forces now see the main threat as ambushes by irregulars and some foreign volunteers. The Filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregulars in the field. Even aside from the bloody, two and a half century-long experience of struggle against native American irregulars, when has the country waged a plausibly symmetrical conflict? During the war, beginning in eastern France, it was used to refer to groups of irregulars who had organized themselves to fight the Germans. Synonyms guerrilla, underground fighter 2North American An imperfect piece of merchandise sold at a reduced price. 〈主美〉次品，处理品 Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘not conforming to rule (especially that of the Church’)): via Old French from medieval Latin irregularis, from in- ‘not’ + regularis (see regular).
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