資料來源 : pyDict

怪想,奇想,反復無常,小鉤

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crotchet \Crotch"et\, v. i.
   To play music in measured time. [Obs.] --Donne.

Crotchet \Crotch"et\ (kr?ch"?t; 224), n. [F. crochet, prop., a
   little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. See
   {Crook}, and cf. {Crochet}, {Crocket}, {Crosier}.]
   1. A forked support; a crotch.

            The crotchets of their cot in columns rise.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. (Mus.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the
      value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice
      that of a quaver; a quarter note.

   3. (Fort.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way,
      at a point where a traverse is placed.

   4. (Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward
      or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to
      the general line of battle.

   5. (Print.) A bracket. See {Bracket}.

   6. (Med.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain
      cases in the extraction of a fetus. --Dunglison.

   7. A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the
      mind; a conceit.

            He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by
            crotchets that he could never explain to any
            rational man.                         --De Quincey.

資料來源 : WordNet®

crotchet
     n 1: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn: {hook}]
     2: a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole
        note [syn: {quarter note}]
     3: a strange attitude or habit [syn: {oddity}, {queerness}, {quirk},
         {quirkiness}]
     4: a small tool or hook-like implement