quirk/kwɜk; kwɜːk/ n [C] 1 a strange habit or feature that someone or something has 怪癖: one of her annoying little quirks 她的其中一个恼人的小怪癖 2 a quirk of fate something strange that happens by chance 命运的巧合: By a quirk of fate, I met him again the following day. 真是命运的巧合，第二天我又遇到了他。