eccentric
adj
1 (of people, behaviour) unusual; peculiar; not conventional or normal (指人、 舉止)異常的; 古怪的; 不合常規的; 不正常的
his eccentric habits 他那古怪的習慣
an eccentric old lady 一位古怪的老太太.
2
(a) (of circles) not having the same centre (指圓形)沒有共同圓心的. Cf 參看 concentric.
(b) (of orbits) not circular (指軌道)不正圓的.
(c) (of planets, etc) moving in an eccentric orbit (指行星等)在不正圓的軌道上運行的. eccentric, n
1 eccentric person 古怪的人: The club seemed to be full of eccentrics. 這個俱樂部里好像都是怪人.
2 mechanical device consisting of a disc at the end of a shaft for changing circular movement into backward-and-forward movement 偏心器; 偏心輪.
In 1858 an area of poor housing, factories and farm buildings was torn down and Central Park was created, reaching from 59th Street to 110th Street and across three avenues.