adj. 1.飘忽不定的;(行为等)古怪的,反常的;(心意、爱情等)乖僻的,反复无常的。 2.【天文学】轨道无定的;【地质学;地理学】漂移性的;【医学】间断无定的,不规律的;游走的。 n. 1.奇人,怪人;反复无常的人。 2.【地质学;地理学】漂砾。 短语和例子 an erratic star 游星。 adv. -cally ,-ism n.
liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" 同义词:fickle, mercurial, quicksilver,
likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn''t"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster 同义词:temperamental,
having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" 同义词:planetary, wandering,
例句与用法
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He was like a stormy, erratic boy . 他好象是个性急的古怪的孩子。
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The old man had always been cranky and erratic . 那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
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Foliation, bloom, and production became erratic . 萌芽、开花和结果变得很不正常。
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The speck would be jarred into more erratic motion . 微粒将受到更为反复无常的冲击。
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The prosody is erratic . 就诗体而论,有点古怪。
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He is a good fellow, but then he is so erratic . 他是个好人,但是另一方面,他又是那样的乖僻。
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My living arrangements were lavish but also a bit erratic . 我的住处布置得很考究,但也有不少毛病。
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The radio flux is extremely variable, exhibiting erratic outbursts . 射电流量变化极大,显示出无规则爆发。
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The erratic fluctuation of market prices are in consequence of unstable economy . 经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。
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He was beginning to be able to interpret the erratic gestures of her left arm . 他开始能够弄清楚她不规则地挥动左臂的含义。