a mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual
癖好,癖性
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one of his little idiosyncrasies was always preferring to be in the car first .他的小癖好之一就是总喜欢第一个上车。
a distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing
(地点、事物的)特色,特性
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the idiosyncrasies of the prison system .监狱系统的特色。
【医】 (对食物、药物的)特(异反)应性。
"early 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘physical constitution peculiar to an individual’): from Greek