eccentricity
UK/.eksen'trisiti/US
TOEFLC2
释义
n.
Strange or unconventional behavior; an odd habit.
古怪，怪癖
n.
(geometry/astronomy) A measure of how much an orbit or curve deviates from a perfect circle.
离心率（几何/天文）
词根拆分
词根派生eccentric 的名词：偏离中心这一性质。用于人指怪癖；在数学和天文里则是精确量度——轨道偏离正圆的程度，即离心率。
词根 centr 还连着 9 个词常用搭配
- 1.personal eccentricity个人怪癖
- 2.harmless eccentricity无害的怪癖
- 3.orbital eccentricity轨道离心率
例句
- 1.
We learned to accept his little eccentricities over the years.
这些年我们渐渐接受了他的种种小怪癖。
- 2.
Earth's orbit has a very low eccentricity, so it is nearly circular.
地球轨道的离心率很低，所以几乎是圆形。