irregular
irregular 英 [ɪˈregjələ(r)] 美 [ɪˈrɛɡjəlɚ]
adj. 不规则的；不合乎常规的
名词复数:irregulars
- Irregular describes something that's unpredictable or uneven. If your dog has irregular spots, it means that she has random splotches of color scattered across her fur.
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- adj. 不规则的；不合乎常规的
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1. irregular teeth
不整齐的牙齿
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2. an irregular outline
不平整的外形
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3. irregular meals
不定时的进食
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4. an irregular heartbeat
心律不齐
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5. irregular attendance at school
断断续续的上学
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6. an irregular practice
不合常规的做法
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7. His behaviour is highly irregular.
他的行为很不正常。
- irregular (adj.) late 14c., "not in conformity with Church rules," from Old French irreguler "irregular, incapable, incompetent" (13c., Modern French irrégulier), from Medieval Latin irregularis "not regular," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Latin regularis "having rules" (see regular (adj.)). General sense of "not conforming to regular rules or principles" is from late 15c. "It expresses the fact of being out of conformity with rule, but implies nothing more with certainty. Yet the word is sometimes used in a sinister sense, as though it were a euphemism for something worse." [Century Dictionary] Meaning "unsymmetrical" is from 1580s. In reference to variable stars, from 1797.
- irregular (n.) "one not belonging to a regular body" of any sort, "one not subject to or not conforming with established regulations," 1610s, from irregular (adj.). Main modern sense of "a soldier not of the regular army" is from 1747.
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