| 单词 | eccentric person |
| 例句 | “I think you might very well be the most eccentric person I’ve ever met.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z On Vinalhaven though, Mr. Thomas is applauded by islanders who say he did his best to care for an often eccentric person who viewed him as a son. The Artist’s Caretaker: Once He Controlled Everything. No More. 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Some days I feel like the most eccentric person I know; other days I feel as dull as a pot of soaking beans. A Book of Cheeky Obituaries Highlights ‘Eccentric Lives’ 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z She was with Paul Éluard and Max Ernst, so she was quite an eccentric person. "It's very complicated": Salvador Dalí biopic delves into odd and kinky relationship with wife Gala 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z While Hof may be the most eccentric person to tout breath as a panacea for the 21st century, he is not alone. 'You’ve had what we call a cosmic orgasm': the rise of conscious breathing 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z But the fondest desire of British crime writers is to locate some wildly eccentric person, preferably of noble blood, caught in some mortifying situation. New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Without a trace of irony, Watts adds, "Keith's a very bohemian and eccentric person, he really is." Exile on Main St 2010-04-24T23:05:00Z He was also an eccentric person, who according to Mr Webb, often dressed in Western-style clothes and sought the company of highly disciplined and intelligent people. The mysterious life of an African samurai 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The Oxford English Dictionary defines a kook as a "cranky, crazy, or eccentric person". David Bowie's anthem for the outsider - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z We wanted to show him as that sort of slightly eccentric person, because Trumbo was a slightly eccentric dresser. 'Trumbo's' costume designer details Dalton's eccentricities and Hedda's hats 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Here are some definitions of who I am: I am an eccentric person with a recalcitrant will.I am a secret admirer of entrepreneurship. The Choice Blog: Putting Myself Out There, and Waiting for a College to Accept 2013-01-11T18:43:24Z Having unexpectedly fallen upon Punch, in connection with Mr. Jerrold, I will say that that eccentric person deserves honorable mention among English Reformers. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z There was Alexander Cruden, one of the most eccentric persons of the eighteenth century. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z So they are, so they are, but I am a man who takes a great interest in eccentric persons. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z When he tired of such fooling, he would proceed to his box in the tiny al fresco theatre and patronize the jugglers, pugilists, play-actors and whatever eccentric persons happened to be performing there. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z In 1833 an eccentric person, calling himself Sir William Courtney, appeared at Canterbury and attracted much attention by his half-crazed appearance and his frequent harangues on the grievances of the poor. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Then we went to Long Witton, to Mrs. Spencer Trevelyan, a great botanist and eccentric person, who breakfasts at six, dines at twelve, teas at four, and goes to bed at seven o'clock. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z A further development is the use of “character” to mean an “odd or eccentric person”; or of a “character actor,” to mean an actor who plays a highly-coloured strange part. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" This eccentric person had at last found a wife to his mind, and was settled in Surrey. Maria Edgeworth Why I should feel like this I know not, unless it be one of the many peculiarities of that very eccentric person known as Master Human Nature, of whom we know so little. With Ring of Shield Nathaniel Hawthorne made innumerable notes of every fleeting, quaint fancy, strange anecdote, or eccentric person. Methods of Authors Mary, I knew, would have welcomed Mr. Pendennis also; but by all accounts he was an eccentric person, who preferred to live anywhere rather than in England, the land of his birth. The Red Symbol They had probably been the hoard of some eccentric person, who evinced his attachment to the obsolete paper at the expense of his interest. Old and New London Volume I The villagers had always regarded the turnpike-keeper as rather an eccentric person; but henceforth they began to look upon him as downright crazy. Jena or Sedan? I preferred to keep up my reputation as an eccentric person. The Moving Finger Among my Quaker friends I met with that amiable but eccentric person Mrs. Opie. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Yet the name which clung to this eccentric person probably had its significance. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter His death caused infinite grief to his friends and to his disciples, who were not few; above all to the sculptor Nanni Grosso, a most eccentric person both in his art and in his life. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna "Do you know," said a voice, in the ear of the host, "that you are a most eccentric person!" The Son of Monte-Cristo If a lover of cod liver oil—and I believe such eccentric persons exist—could once be placed within 500 yards of its manufacture, I feel sure they would never taste it again. A Girl's Ride in Iceland With them resided a maiden sister of their mother's, Marjorie Westford, an eccentric person, whose property at her death reverted to a distant relative. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls "If any one refused to conform to this etiquette, he exposed himself to universal blame as an eccentric person, or even as an enemy of Islam." Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals “A singular and eccentric person you see he must be,” said Will. Janet's Love and Service She was looked upon as a very eccentric person. The Son of Monte-Cristo "But how can you spare the time from your business?" asked Roy, who was beginning to think he had found a real friend in the rather eccentric person of Mortimer De Royster. The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences He was among the oldest residents in that section, and although a very eccentric person, was much respected by all his neighbours. Stories and Sketches They say he is the most eccentric person in the world. Sketches I believe that, even after this melancholy warning, that eccentric person was frequently somebody else. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In fact, Mr. Hale had frequently seen the gaunt, gigantic figure of Plutarch dodging about the town, and had heard his name spoken as that of a very eccentric person. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett He was among the oldest residents in the section, and although a very eccentric person, was much respected by all his neighbors. The Path of Duty, and Other Stories ‘The marquis was, at least I thought that he was, a very eccentric person.’ The Disentanglers Hopkins had an acquaintance named Baignet at Winchester, an eccentric person of an inquisitive turn. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton He speaks of some eccentric person who has averred that a ‘fetish’ is a ‘totem,’ inhabited by ‘an ancestral spirit.’ Modern Mythology By some strange inadvertency, however, Mr. Chaplin's eccentric person was missing from the screen. The Adventure Club Afloat It appears Mr. Carve was a very eccentric person—avoiding society and so on. The Great Adventure Fitzgerald was an eccentric person who, though rich and on friendly terms with some of the most distinguished men of his time, was always out of harmony with his environment. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion "But he is a very eccentric person, to say the least." Ticket No. "9672" The next brother, Robertson, an eccentric person whose indiscreet speeches must often have made his statesman brother feel very hot, continues the paternal business at Liverpool. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 To others, who do not need him, he is a boisterous and eccentric person,—a Heracles in the house of mourning. Emerson and Other Essays I felt convinced Lady Osprey would describe her as "a most eccentric person" on the very first opportunity;—"a most eccentric person." Tono Bungay To learn the secrets of any science, we go to expert specialists, even though they may be eccentric persons, and not to commonplace pupils. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature "I see no reason why a recluse should not live in Gray's Inn," I answered, "and an eccentric person, obsessed with one idea in life, might throw letters aside without opening them." The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles I thought her a dashing, free-spoken, free-hearted sort of eccentric person, who would make a staunch friend and a jolly companion. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 I once went to hear a lecture at the Mechanics' Institute, delivered by a very eccentric person, who styled himself the Hon. James Spencer Lidstone--the Great Orator of the West. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Probably," I said, "you have sometimes eccentric persons--'crooked sticks' we used to call them--who refuse to adapt themselves to the social order on any terms or admit any such thing as social duty. Equality He was certainly an eccentric person, and was said to be a miser and extremely wealthy. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales "He must be an eccentric person," said Mr. Watson, with a smile. Aunt Jane's Nieces Sir Timothy has the name of being an eccentric person everywhere, especially in this respect—he never notices acquaintances. The Evil Shepherd She was the greatest heiress in France, and an exceedingly vain and eccentric person, aged twenty-three at the beginning of the Fronde. Stray Pearls You might take him for an eccentric person, but certainly a gentleman, and with an extraordinary magnetism, she felt. The Point of View As for me, I shall never again associate with eccentric persons who delight to fly in the face of Providence. Rainbow's End Evidently, an eccentric person, but it's a queer world anyhow, as most of us know. The Gates of Chance Not unless he was a curiously philanthropic and eccentric person. Cap'n Warren's Wards "There is not a soul in St. Petersburg who is so attached to me as this eccentric person," he thought. Virgin Soil Apparently, this eccentric person was coming out, after all, to keep him company. Further Adventures of Lad A “humorist,” here, means an overbearingly eccentric person, such as Smollett, who lived much in a society of literary dependants, was apt to become. Adventures Among Books |
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