eccentric

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. ec·cen·tric [eccentric eccentrics] BrE [ɪkˈsentrɪk] NAmE [ɪkˈsentrɪk] adjective
considered by other people to be strange or unusual
•eccentric behaviour/clothes
•an eccentric aunt
Derived Word: ↑eccentrically

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a circle or orbit not having the earth precisely at its centre): via late Latin from Greek ekkentros, from ek ‘out of’ + kentron ‘centre’.

Example Bank:
•The old lady was getting very eccentric.
•We were definitely regarded as eccentric.
•his endearingly eccentric nature spilling into his speech
•his engagingly eccentric brother
•His behaviour grew increasingly eccentric as time went on.
•She was the classic eccentric old lady, living with a houseful of cats.
 
▪ II. ec·cen·tric noun
•Most people considered him a harmless eccentric.
•Aunt Matilda was something of an eccentric.
Main entry: ↑eccentric_derived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  nonconcentric, character, type, case, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  concentric, concentrical, homocentric