中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
1.飘忽不定的；(行为等)古怪的，反常的；(心意、爱情等)乖僻的，反复无常的。
2.【天文学】轨道无定的；【地质学；地理学】漂移性的；【医学】间断无定的，不规律的；游走的。
n.
1.奇人，怪人；反复无常的人。
2.【地质学；地理学】漂砾。
短语和例子
an erratic star 游星。
adv.
-cally ,-ism n.

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"
同义词：fickle, mercurial, quicksilver,

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
同义词：temperamental,

having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
同义词：planetary, wandering,

例句与用法

He was like a stormy, erratic boy .
他好象是个性急的古怪的孩子。

The old man had always been cranky and erratic .
那老头儿性情古怪，反复无常。

Foliation, bloom, and production became erratic .
萌芽、开花和结果变得很不正常。

The speck would be jarred into more erratic motion .
微粒将受到更为反复无常的冲击。

The prosody is erratic .
就诗体而论，有点古怪。

He is a good fellow, but then he is so erratic .
他是个好人，但是另一方面，他又是那样的乖僻。

My living arrangements were lavish but also a bit erratic .
我的住处布置得很考究，但也有不少毛病。

The radio flux is extremely variable, exhibiting erratic outbursts .
射电流量变化极大，显示出无规则爆发。

The erratic fluctuation of market prices are in consequence of unstable economy .
经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。

He was beginning to be able to interpret the erratic gestures of her left arm .
他开始能够弄清楚她不规则地挥动左臂的含义。