quirk

癖、奇妙な特徴

人や物に見られる、ちょっと変わった癖や特徴。

やさしい英語で： A small, unusual habit or feature of a person or thing.

• Everyone has a little quirk.
• One of her quirks is naming every houseplant.
• A quirk in the software made the screen flash.

使い方： a quirk of something (It was a quirk of fate that we met again.)

類義語： peculiarity, oddity, idiosyncrasy

よく使う表現： personal quirk, quirk of fate, quirk of something

溝

建物の装飾帯に沿う細い溝、または鋭く内側に入り込んだ角。

やさしい英語で： A narrow groove or sharp inward corner along a decorative strip on a building.

• A narrow quirk runs along the molding.
• The plasterer cleaned dust from the quirk.
• These quirks separate the curved sections of the cornice.

類義語： groove, channel

よく使う表現： quirk molding, deep quirk, carved quirk

ぴくりと動かす、ぴくりと動く

疑いや面白がる気持ちを表して、唇や眉を小さく急に動かす。

やさしい英語で： To move a lip or eyebrow slightly and suddenly, often showing doubt or amusement.

• He quirked an eyebrow.
• Her lips quirked at his joke.
• One corner of his mouth quirked upward.

類義語： twitch

よく使う表現： quirk an eyebrow, quirk a lip, quirk upward

溝を彫る

装飾帯や表面に細い溝を彫る。

やさしい英語で： To put a narrow groove into a decorative strip or surface.

• The carpenter quirked the molding.
• Use this tool to quirk the wooden edge.
• They quirked each strip before fitting it.

類義語： groove, channel

よく使う表現： quirk a molding, quirk the edge

風変わりにする

何かを変わった形や独特なやり方に変える。

やさしい英語で： To change something in a strange or individual way.

• The artist quirked the design with uneven corners.
• She likes to quirk familiar shapes.
• He quirked the usual layout by adding a tiny central room.

よく使う表現： quirk a design, quirk the shape