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erratic

英[ɪ'rætɪk] 美[ɪ'rætɪk]
  • adj. 不稳定的;古怪的
  • n. 漂泊无定的人;古怪的人

英英释意


1. having no fixed course;
"an erratic comet"
"his life followed a wandering course"
"a planetary vagabond"
2. 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"
3. 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