| 单词 | odd |
| 释义 | oddodd /ɑd/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL adjective 1STRANGE different from what is normal or expected SYN weird: Timber? That’s kind of an odd name for a kid. an odd combination of guests at the partyit is odd (that) It’s odd that she can’t remember his name.odd-looking/-sounding an odd-looking solar car Didn’t it strike you as odd (=seem odd to you) that he never answered your calls?► see thesaurus at strange12VARIOUS [only before noun] not specially chosen or collected: Any odd scrap of paper will do.3NOT IN A PAIR/SET [only before noun] separated from its pair or set: an odd sock4NUMBER math an odd number cannot be divided exactly by two, for example 1, 3, 5, 7 OPP even5the odd something a)used to talk about something that does not happen often or regularly SYN occasional: We still see each other on the odd occasion. b)used to say that there are just a few of something: I stopped writing down what he said, except for the odd phrase.620-odd/30-odd etc. spoken a little more than 20, 30, etc.: None of the 30-odd passengers complained.7the odd man/one out someone or something that is different or that is not included in the rest of a group: I was always the odd man out in my class at school.[Origin: 1300–1400 Old Norse oddi point of land, triangle, odd number] → see also oddly—oddness noun [uncountable] |
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