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queer，strange，surprising，curious，bizarrerie ；

[例句] 20世纪80年代初期的经济萧条气氛因各种奇异古怪建筑的出现而有所缓解。 The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture.

[例句] 有那么几秒钟，我们注视着水面上那些奇异的光。 For a few seconds we watched the unearthly lights on the water.

peculiar，queer，singular，striking，oddity ；

[例句] 我们因为风格奇特又独具创意而名声在外。 We've developed a reputation for being quite quirky and original.

[例句] 琼斯自己是个奇特的混合体，既保守又激进。 Jones himself was a curious mixture of ra-dicalism and conservatism.

strange，novel，new，newfangled，newness ；

[例句] 雷切尔对她在那里吃的新奇食物赞不绝口。 Rachel raved about the new foods she ate while she was there.

[例句] 20世纪70年代晚期，一切都要新奇、时髦、标新立异。 In the late Seventies, things had to be new, modern, revolutionary.

strange，odd，queer，surprising，bizarrerie ；

[例句] 在1,000英尺的高度飞行时，他听到旋翼发出一种奇怪的噪音。 Flying at 1,000 ft. he heard a peculiar noise from the rotors.

[例句] 奇怪的是，她拼命求生的抗争使得她的健康状况大有好转。 Curiously, the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health.

miracle，wonder，marvel，mighty work，[电影]The Miracle；

[例句] 奇迹就是看似不可能，却发生了。 A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway.

[例句] 1981年的预算促成了一场经济奇迹的出现。 The 1981 budget was the springboard for an economic miracle.

wonder，be surprised，be amazed，stand in amazement，surprise ；

[例句] 荷兰烤箱能够做的食物之多会让你感到惊奇。 You'll be amazed at the culinary creations possible in a Dutch oven.

[例句] 惊奇的是地板居然从未塌陷。 It was a marvel that the floor never gave way.

short stories of the Tang and Song dynasties ，tales of marvels，poetic dramas of the Ming and Qing dynasties ，verse dramas，legend；

[例句] 他的投球在大联盟的击球员中是个传奇。 His pitching was a legend among major league hitters.

[例句] 在聆听这个长篇传奇故事时，赫伯特自始至终安静地坐着。 Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga.

（特别； 不平常） unusually，extraordinarily ；

[例句] 他就这运气，误了最后一班船也毫不出奇。 It would be just his luck to miss the last boat.

[例句] 主人公丹尼与柯克·道格拉斯出奇地相像。 The hero, Danny, bears an uncanny resemblance to Kirk Douglas.

magical，mystical，miraculous，peculiar，[电影]Amazing；

[例句] 他因发明了神奇的视听效果而出名。 He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.

[例句] 我们乘车穿越这片有着湖泊及森林的广袤而神奇的土地。 We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests.

wonder，marvellous spectacle，wonderful sight，remarkable spectacle ；

[例句] 这是个不容错过的奇观。 It was a spectacle not to be missed.

[例句] 这座宮殿已被誉为世界第八大奇观. The palace has been described as the eighth wonder of the world.

strange tale，absurd argument，fantastic stories，fantasticality，mystery；

[例句] 这只不过是海外奇谈. It is nothing but a traveller's tale.

[例句] 认为吃胡萝卜可以改善视力的海外奇谈,多年前已祛除殆尽. The myth that eating carrots improves your eyesight was exploded years ago.

prodigy，unusual [remarkable] talent，an extraordinary talent，hot stuff，wizard ；

[例句] 他是他那时代的盖世奇才. He was one of the most formidable intellects of his time.

[例句] 他不要任何帮忙就把事情样样办妥,真是个奇才. He's a wonder with the way he arranges everything without any help.

happy encounter，fortuitous meeting，（奇特遭遇） adventure，[电影]L'avventura；

[例句] 真是天缘奇遇，他们住进了同一家旅馆。 By a strange quirk of fate they had booked into the same hotel.

[例句] 那场奇遇改变了他人生的方向. The adventure changed the whole current of his life.

be curious，be full of curiosity ；

[例句] 他究竟是什么样的人，大家都十分好奇。 There was much curiosity about what manner of man he was.

[例句] 屋子内部被挡住了，以防路人好奇地张望。 The interior was shielded from the curious gaze of passersby.

bizarre，curious，[医] paradoxical，thaumaturgic，eerie ；

[例句] 有那么几秒钟，我们注视着水面上那些奇异的光。 For a few seconds we watched the unearthly lights on the water.

[例句] 球在空中划出一道奇异的弧线。 The ball curved strangely in the air.

strange，odd，queer，quaint；

[例句] 在1,000英尺的高度飞行时，他听到旋翼发出一种奇怪的噪音。 Flying at 1,000 ft. he heard a peculiar noise from the rotors.

[例句] 奇怪的是，她拼命求生的抗争使得她的健康状况大有好转。 Curiously, the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health.

[计] singular point，[化] singularity ；

[例句] 奇点研究的顶峰是两个著名的变换定理. The culmination of the work on singularities is two famous transformation theorems.

[例句] 按着我们现有的物理知识, 奇点产生的任何辐射永远不会出来. According to our present understanding of physics, any radiation produced by the singularity would never emerge.

a strange affair，miracle，prodigy ；

[例句] 我们一直在关注玄奇事物这一神秘世界。 We have been looking at the shadowy world of the paranormal.

[例句] 医生们说他的复原是件奇事. The doctors said that his recovery was a miracle.

fancy，peculiar，[法] singular，queer，freakish ；

[例句] 琼斯自己是个奇特的混合体，既保守又激进。 Jones himself was a curious mixture of ra-dicalism and conservatism.

[例句] 这个形状奇特的美丽湖泊周长约有15,000英尺。 This beautiful and curiously shaped lake lies at around fifteen thousand feet.

queer，strange，bizarre ；

[例句] 这部影片与其说是恐怖片，不如说是带有讽刺意味的奇幻片。 The film is more of an ironic fantasy than a horror story.

[例句] 电视节目特别适宜于表现奇幻, 形象化的和具有多方面艺术效果的节目. Television is particularly suited to fantasy, imagery and multidimensional effects.