crotchet
/ˈkrɒtʃɪt/noun
1
- Music, chiefly Brit. a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem【乐】〈主英〉四分音符。亦称QUARTER NOTE.
2
- a perverse or unfounded belief or notion奇想, 怪念头：
the natural crotchets of inveterate bachelors
对老光棍们来说很自然的怪念头。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'hook'）： from Old French crochet, diminutive of croc 'hook', from Old Norse krókr.