英語詞匯

表示““奇怪的”“怪異”的形容詞

嘉中

curious、odd、extraordinary、queer、weird、bizarre、eccentric,

這組形容詞都可表示的意思，相當於strange，但側重不同。

curious 指比較怪異, 讓人難以理理解而感到好奇。

例句：

It is natural that you will probably meet some curious people and things now and

again in your life.

在生活中可能會遇到一些怪異的人和事，這是很自然的。

It is curious enough that they reversed their attitude on the problem.

他們在這個問題上的態度一百八十度大轉彎，夠奇怪的。

He had so many curious and interesting tales to tell about them.

他有許許多多的稀奇古怪而饒有風趣的故事可講。

odd “奇怪的”、“古怪的”，側重指不合常規現象，不合常理，含古怪的之意。

例句：

I had a rather odd experience the other day.

前兩天，我有過一次相當奇怪的經歷。

How odd it is that they should have accepted these apparently irrational requests.

真奇怪, 他們竟然接受這些明顯是不合理的要求。

She looks a bit odd today. I wonder what has happened to her.

今天她的神色有點古怪, 不知出瞭什麼事。

Spurred by some odd impulse, he threw the trowel as far as he could.

被某種怪異的沖動驅使，他把鏟子扔得盡可能遠。

extraordinary“奇怪的”、“離奇的”， extraordinary 的本意是“非凡的”、“特別

的”，引申出““離奇的”，側重指不一般的。

例句：

It is really extraordinary that we should have been at the same college without

having met before.

這真是非常奇怪，我們在同一所大學裡，彼此竟然沒有相遇過。

They experienced some extraordinary events during the adventure in the area.

在該地區探險中，他們經歷瞭一些離奇的事件。

queer “奇怪的”、“希奇的”、“古怪的”， 指不合常理，讓人覺得可笑。

例句：

She talked in a queer way, as if she knew something.

她講話古古怪怪的，好像他知道瞭些什麼。

In this four-flat apartment a queer landlady and her strange tenants are living now.

一位古怪的女房東和一些奇怪的房客住在這棟公寓裡。

Where did you pick up with that queer fellow？

你是在什麼地方結識那個怪傢夥？

weird “怪異的”、“古怪的”、“不可思議的”，側重指帶神秘性，讓人覺得怪異。

例句：

I don’t know what has happened to him. Anyway, I feel he is a bit weird today.

我不知道他發生瞭什麼事。不知什麼的，我覺得他今天有點怪怪的。

The museum has a collection of the weirdest sculptures I've ever seen.

這個博物館收藏瞭我所見過的最古離古怪的雕塑。

Most of those comic book stories are too weird for me, but they certainly are

creative if you like that stuff.

大多數的漫畫書的故事都讓我覺得很怪異，但如果你喜歡它們的話，無疑是很有創意

的。

She said “I know you don't really love me; otherwise, you wouldn't come up with

such weird ideas.”

她說：“我早知道你不是真的愛我，否則你不會有那種離奇的思想。”

bizarre 十分怪誕的，強調特別罕見的和異乎尋常的。

The duck-billed platypus is a truly bizarre creature.

鴨嘴獸是一種非常奇怪的動物。

A bizarre thought leaped into his mind.

一個十分離奇的想法躍入他的腦海。

The marriage between the two stars was as bizarre as it was short-lived.

這兩位明星的婚姻既離奇又短暫。

Woods disappeared in very bizarre circumstances, and no trace of him has ever been

found.

伍茲在非常奇怪的情況下失蹤瞭，他的任何蹤跡都沒有被發現。

eccentric “古怪的”， 指偏離常規的怪異或怪癖。

His actions since that morning have been eccentric and unpredictable.

自從那天早晨起他的行動一直有點反常怪異，不可捉摸。

He is so eccentric that she is regarded as a bit of a curiosity.

他非常古怪，算得上是個奇人。

The scientist is eccentric, but there is no doubt that he was brilliant in his

research field .

這位科學傢性格古怪，但在他的研究領域無疑非常傑出的。

Like some rich men, the guy was a little eccentric, and he had filled his pool

with crocodiles.

這個傢夥和其他有錢人一樣有點小怪癖, 他在水池裡放滿瞭鱷魚。