quirk

Brown was always fascinated by the quirks and foibles of people in everyday situations.

布朗总是着迷于日常环境中人们的古怪性格和怪癖。

By a strange quirk of fate they had booked into the same hotel.

真是天缘奇遇，他们住进了同一家旅馆。

By a tantalizing quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship.

由于命运的捉弄，这对选手被抽中在锦标赛的第一轮相遇。

If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006's World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months.

如果你仔细查看2006年世界杯足球赛中每位足球运动员的出生证明，你很可能会发现一件值得注意的怪事：优秀的足球运动员更可能是在一年的前几个月出生，而不是在后几个月出生。

She felt a slight quirk in his mouth.

她注意到他的嘴角忽然略微一歪。

That rectory with its quirks and corbel tables had gone.

那座带有深槽和挑檐的教区长屋已经消失了。