古怪的

These inclinations are not whimsical usually, but their form, size, and direction are determined by the promontories of the shore, the ancient axes of elevation.

这些倾向往往不是古怪可笑的，它们的形式、大小、方向，都取决于岸上的岬角，亦即古时地势升高的轴线。

Food Fright Experiments under way in several labs aim to create beneficial types of genetically modified foods, including starchier potatoes and caffeine-free coffee beans.

第二十九篇古怪食物在几家实验室里进行的实验都是以创造有益的转基因食品为目的，含淀粉量高的马铃薯和不含咖啡因的咖啡豆。

The only characters in this stretch of the film who have inimitable personal styles are the beloved Yoda and the hated Jar-Jar Binks, whose idiosyncrasies turned off audiences for "Phantom Menace."

在这部续集片中仅有独特个性的两个人物，敬爱的YODA和讨厌的JARJAR，后者的古怪行径让人们又想起了&魅影危机&。

The "man-made" ecosystems known as biospheres are ultimately "natural"-- a planetary phenomenon that is part of the reproductive antics of life as a whole....

这个以生物圈著称的&人造&生态系统最终归向&自然&——一种行星现象，是作为整体的生命的古怪行为再造的组成部分……。

But my point is that because of computer weirdness, I regularly see an entire morning's work — sometimes as many as 18 words — get blipped away forever to the Planet of Lost Data.

不过我要说的是，由于电脑的古怪脾气，我经常看到整整一个早上的工作成果——有时候多达18个单词——永远消失了，去了&丢失的数据之星&。

Hence his hatred of photographs, blurbs, potted biographies and all else that might besmirch the plainness of a book-jacket—as well as the increasing weirdness of the work, thousands upon thousands of words about Seymour which both laboured to idolise and failed to describe, culminating in 1965 in "his" letter from summer camp,"Hapworth 16, 1924" in the ever- and over-indulgent New Yorker .

因此，他憎恶作者照片、广告、胡说八道的自传这一切让书皮不得素面的事物——他的作品也愈发古怪，他大费笔墨把西摩当做偶像崇拜却缺乏描述，1965年刊登于向来对他过度纵容的《纽约客》&他&在夏令营中写下的书信《哈普沃兹16，1924》中，这种憎恨达到了顶峰。

Most follow the same eccentric design: their window-frames painted in strong shades of lilac; their gabled roofs topped by silver finials, shaped like miniature versions of Shanghai's Oriental Pearl Tower.

大多数的房屋设计古怪，如出一辙：窗框漆成深紫色；屋顶铺满了银色叶尖样的装饰物，形如山峰一般起伏，整个房屋的造型就像是微缩版的上海东方明珠大厦。

That sentence, spoken reluctantly by a curious, home-loving small creature with furry feet and a preposterous name, is slightly enigmatic. But some 10 million passionate readers round the world will instantly recognize it as the real beginning of one of the great fairy tale quests in modern literature

这句话，由一个名字古怪、长着毛毛脚、恋家而好奇心重的小人儿不情不愿地说出来，颇有些令人费解，但立刻就得到全球成千上万热情读者的认可，视为现代文学史上一个伟大的奇幻冒险故事的开端

Librations are primarily caused by the Moon's varying orbital speed due to the eccentricity of its orbit: this allows us to see up to about6° more along its perimeter.

振动主要地由月亮所引起正在由于它的轨道的古怪改变轨道的速度：这让我们沿着它的周长见到达大约6°更多。

His eye, which glared so strangely through his satin, was in itself attractive---keen as that of a bird of prey, and blue as autumn mist.

他的眼睛，在红色的脸上闪烁，自然透着些古怪，但眼睛本身却很引人注意：跟鸷鸟的眼一样敏锐，像秋天的雾一样蔚蓝。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。