erratic
US: /ɪˈɹætɪk/
UK: /ɛɹˈætɪk/
UK: /ɛɹˈætɪk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
erratic /i'rætik/
- tính từ
- thất thường, được chăng hay chớ, bạ đâu hay đấy
- (y học) chạy, di chuyển (chỗ đau)
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) lang thang
- erratic blocks: (địa lý,địa chất) đá tảng lang thang
- erratic driving
- sự lái chưa vững, sự lái chập choạng (ô tô)
- danh từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) người tính tình thất thường, người được chăng hay chớ, người bạ đâu hay đấy
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
(often disapproving) not happening at regular times; not following any plan or regular pattern; that you cannot rely on
Synonym: UNPREDICTABLE
The electricity supply here is quite erratic. + She had learnt to live with his sudden changes of mood and erratic behaviour. + Mary is a gifted but erratic player (= she does not always play well). + Irrigation measures will be necessary in areas of erratic rainfall.
erratically adverb: He was obviously upset and was driving erratically. + His heart beat erratically.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 irregular, unpredictable, inconsistent, unreliable, capricious, changeable, variable; wayward, unstable, aberrant, flighty:
The buses run on an erratic schedule.
2 peculiar, abnormal, wayward, odd, eccentric, outlandish, strange, unusual, unorthodox, extraordinary, queer, quaint, bizarre, weird, unconventional:
He thinks that his erratic behaviour marks him as an individualist.
3 wandering, meandering, directionless, planetary, aimless, haphazard, discursive, errant, divagatory:
Their course was erratic, following the loss of their compass.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem | become | remain
ADV.
extremely, very, wildly | completely | increasingly
her increasingly erratic behaviour
| fairly, a little, rather, slightly, somewhat
Concise English dictionary
erraticsɪ'rætɪk
adj.
+having no fixed course
+liable to sudden unpredictable change
+likely to perform unpredictably
