Idiosyncrasy
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n. 特殊癖性或行为
- ［英］ n. 特殊癖性或行为 ( any personal peculiarity; eccentricity)
- ［记］ idio ( 个人, 独特) +syn ( 共同) +crasy ( 混合) -> 混合了个人特性的独特行为 -> 癖好, 特有的习性
- ［同］ 同根词: idiom ( 习语) ; idiopathy ( 特发病)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun (plural -sies)
- Etymology: Greek idiosynkrasia, from idio- + synkerannynai to blend, from syn- + kerannynai to mingle, mix — more at crater
- Date: 1604
- 1.
- a. a peculiarity of constitution or temperament ; an individualizing characteristic or quality
- b. individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food)
- 2. characteristic peculiarity (as of temperament); broadly eccentricity
- ? idiosyncratic adjective
- ? idiosyncratically adverb
