erratic 音标拼音: [ɪr'ætɪk]
n . 古怪的人,漂泊无定的人
a . 不稳定的,奇怪的
古怪的人,漂泊无定的人不稳定的,奇怪的
erratic adj 1 :
liable to sudden unpredictable change ; "
erratic behavior "; "
fickle weather "; "
mercurial twists of temperament "; "
a quicksilver character ,
cool and willful at one moment ,
utterly fragile the next " [
synonym : {
erratic },
{
fickle }, {
mercurial }, {
quicksilver (
a )}]
2 :
having no fixed course ; "
an erratic comet "; "
his life followed a wandering course "; "
a planetary vagabond " [
synonym :
{
erratic }, {
planetary }, {
wandering }]
3 :
likely to perform unpredictably ; "
erratic winds are the bane of a sailor "; "
a temperamental motor ;
sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn '
t "; "
that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute "-
Osbert Lancaster [
synonym :
{
erratic }, {
temperamental }]
Erratic \
Er *
rat "
ic \,
a . [
L .
erraticus ,
fr .
errare to wander :
cf .
F .
erratique .
See {
Err }.]
1 .
Having no certain course ;
roving about without a fixed destination ;
wandering ;
moving ; --
hence ,
applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars .
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The earth and each erratic world . --
Blackmore .
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2 .
Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct ;
eccentric ;
strange ;
queer ;
as ,
erratic conduct .
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3 .
Irregular ;
changeable . "
Erratic fever ." --
Harvey .
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{
Erratic blocks }, {
gravel ,
etc .} (
Geol .),
masses of stone which have been transported from their original resting places by the agency of water ,
ice ,
or other causes .
{
Erratic phenomena },
the phenomena which relate to transported materials on the earth '
s surface .
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Erratic \
Er *
rat "
ic \,
n .
1 .
One who deviates from common and accepted opinions ;
one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character .
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2 .
A rogue . [
Obs .] --
Cockeram .
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3 . (
Geol .)
Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies ;
esp .,
a large block or fragment of rock ;
a bowlder .
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Note :
In the plural the term is applied especially to the loose gravel and stones on the earth '
s surface ,
including what is called drift .
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271 Moby Thesaurus words for "
erratic ":
aberrant ,
aberrative ,
abnormal ,
adrift ,
afloat ,
agnostic ,
aimless ,
alternating ,
ambiguous ,
amorphous ,
anomalistic ,
anomalous ,
bizarre ,
broken ,
capricious ,
careening ,
casual ,
catchy ,
chancy ,
changeable ,
changeful ,
changing ,
character ,
choppy ,
circuitous ,
crackpot ,
crank ,
crankish ,
cranky ,
crotchety ,
curving ,
departing ,
desultory ,
deviable ,
deviant ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
devious ,
dicey ,
different ,
digressive ,
directionless ,
disarticulated ,
disconnected ,
discontinuous ,
discursive ,
disjunct ,
disordered ,
disorderly ,
dispersed ,
disproportionate ,
divagatory ,
divaricate ,
divergent ,
diversified ,
diversiform ,
dizzy ,
dotty ,
doubtful ,
doubting ,
dubious ,
eccentric ,
equivocal ,
erose ,
errant ,
exceptional ,
excursive ,
extraordinary ,
fast and loose ,
fey ,
fickle ,
fitful ,
flake ,
flaky ,
flickering ,
flighty ,
flitting ,
fluctuant ,
fluctuating ,
formless ,
freak ,
freakish ,
frivolous ,
funny ,
giddy ,
gratuitous ,
guttering ,
halting ,
haphazard ,
herky -
jerky ,
hesitant ,
hesitating ,
heteroclite ,
heteromorphic ,
hit -
or -
miss ,
idiocratic ,
idiosyncratic ,
iffy ,
immethodical ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
incalculable ,
inchoate ,
incoherent ,
inconsistent ,
inconstant ,
indecisive ,
indemonstrable ,
indirect ,
indiscriminate ,
infirm ,
intermittent ,
intermitting ,
irregular ,
irresolute ,
irresponsible ,
jagged ,
jerky ,
kinky ,
kook ,
kooky ,
labyrinthine ,
lurching ,
maggoty ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
meaningless ,
mercurial ,
misshapen ,
moody ,
motley ,
mutable ,
nonconformist ,
nonstandard ,
nonsymmetrical ,
nonsystematic ,
nonuniform ,
nut ,
nutty ,
odd ,
oddball ,
orderless ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
outlandish ,
patchy ,
peculiar ,
planetary ,
planless ,
pluralistic ,
polysemous ,
promiscuous ,
quaint ,
queer ,
quirky ,
ragged ,
rambling ,
random ,
recluse ,
restless ,
rough ,
roundabout ,
roving ,
scatterbrained ,
scrappy ,
screwball ,
screwy ,
senseless ,
serpentine ,
shapeless ,
shifting ,
shifty ,
shuffling ,
singular ,
skeptical ,
snaky ,
snatchy ,
spasmatic ,
spasmic ,
spasmodic ,
spastic ,
spineless ,
sporadic ,
spotty ,
staggering ,
straggling ,
straggly ,
strange ,
strange duck ,
stray ,
straying ,
subnormal ,
swerving ,
systemless ,
touch -
and -
go ,
turning ,
twisted ,
twisting ,
unaccountable ,
unarranged ,
uncertain ,
unclassified ,
unconfirmable ,
uncontrolled ,
unconventional ,
unconvinced ,
undependable ,
undirected ,
undisciplined ,
undivinable ,
unequable ,
unequal ,
uneven ,
unfixed ,
unforeseeable ,
ungraded ,
unjoined ,
unmethodical ,
unmetrical ,
unnatural ,
unordered ,
unorganized ,
unorthodox ,
unpersuaded ,
unpredictable ,
unprovable ,
unregular ,
unreliable ,
unrestrained ,
unrhythmical ,
unsettled ,
unsorted ,
unstable ,
unstable as water ,
unstaid ,
unsteadfast ,
unsteady ,
unsure ,
unsymmetrical ,
unsystematic ,
ununiform ,
unusual ,
unverifiable ,
vacillating ,
vagarious ,
vagrant ,
vague ,
variable ,
variegated ,
variform ,
various ,
varying ,
veering ,
vicissitudinary ,
vicissitudinous ,
volatile ,
wacky ,
wandering ,
wanton ,
wavering ,
wavery ,
wavy ,
wayward ,
weird ,
weirdo ,
whimsical ,
winding ,
wishy -
washy ,
wobbling ,
wobbly ,
zigzag
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