odds and ends

pl.n. Miscellaneous items, remnants, or pieces.

odds and ends

pl n miscellaneous items or articles

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n.pl. 1. miscellaneous items, matters, etc. 2. fragments; remnants; scraps; bits. [1740–50]

odds and ends

- The first official odds and ends were found in lumberyards—odds were pieces of board split irregularly by the sawmill, ends were pieces trimmed from boards that were cut to specific lengths.See also related terms for odds.

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odds and ends - a motley assortment of things farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, omnium-gatherum, ragbagassortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

odds and ends

nounArticles too small or numerous to be specified:etcetera (used in plural), oddment (used in plural), sundries.

Translations

杂七杂八的东西零碎东西

odd

(od) adjective1. unusual; strange. He's wearing very odd clothes; a very odd young man.古怪的2. (of a number) that cannot be divided exactly by 2. 5 and 7 are odd (numbers).奇数的3. not one of a pair, set etc. an odd shoe.单只的4. occasional; free. at odd moments.临时的ˈoddity – plural ˈoddities – noun a strange person or thing. He's a bit of an oddity. 怪人，古怪的事（物） ˈoddly adverb strangely. He is behaving very oddly.古怪地ˈoddment noun a piece left over from something. an oddment of material. 零散物，碎屑 odds noun plural1. chances; probability. The odds are that he will win. 机会，可能性 2. a difference in strength, in favour of one side. They are fighting against heavy odds. 力量上的差距，不均，差别 odd jobs (usually small) jobs of various kinds, often done for other people. He's unemployed, but earns some money by doing odd jobs for old people. 杂工，临时工 odd job man a person employed to do such jobs. 杂工，临时工 be at odds to be quarrelling. He has been at odds with his brother for years. 不和，争吵 make no odds to be unimportant. We haven't got much money, but that makes no odds.没关系oddly enough it is strange or remarkable (that). I saw John this morning. Oddly enough, I was just thinking I hadn't seen him for a long time.奇特地odd man out / odd one out1. a person or thing that is different from others. In this test, you have to decide which of these three objects is the odd one out.难和他人相处的人2. a person or thing that is left over when teams etc are made up. When they chose the two teams, I was the odd man out.剩下的一人odds and ends small objects etc of different kinds. There were various odds and ends lying about on the table. 零碎东西，杂七杂八的东西 what's the odds? it's not important; it doesn't matter. We didn't win the competition but what's the odds? 那有什么关系？（指不重要，无所谓）

odds and ends

An assortment of small, miscellaneous items, especially those that are not especially important or valuable. I can never find what I need amongst all the odds and ends in this drawer! I wish the house weren't so cluttered up with odds and ends.See also: and, end, odds

odds and ends

miscellaneous things. There were lots of odds and ends in the attic, but nothing of real value. I had the whole house cleaned out except for a few odds and ends that you might want to keep.See also: and, end, odds

odds and ends

Miscellaneous items, fragments and remnants, as in I've finished putting everything away, except for a few odds and ends. This expression may have originated as odd ends in the mid-1500s, meaning "short leftovers of some material" (such as lumber or cloth). It had acquired its present form and meaning by the mid-1700s. See also: and, end, odds

odds and ends

miscellaneous articles and remnants. A racier alternative formulation is odds and sods .See also: and, end, odds

odds and ˈends

(British English also odds and ˈsods) (informal) small items that are not valuable or are not part of a larger set: She’s got all kinds of interesting odds and ends on her desk. ♢ I’ve got a few odds and ends (= small jobs) to do before leaving.See also: and, end, odds

odds and ends

Fragments and remnants; a miscellaneous collection. This term may have originated as odd ends, meaning short leftovers from bolts of cloth. It was transferred to miscellany of other kinds by the mid-sixteenth century, and by the mid-eighteenth century it had become the modern cliché.See also: and, end, odds

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noun articles too small or numerous to be specified

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noun a motley assortment of things

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