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单词 oddment
释义 odd·ment
\ˈädmənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: odd (I) + -ment
1. oddments plural : odds and ends
 < clawing the oddments out of his pockets — Verne Athanas >
2.
 a. : something left over or remaining or isolated (as a garment or piece of goods from a larger stock, a book from a complete set)
  < an oddment sale >
  — usually used in plural
  < a display of oddments >
 b. : a garment designed for casual or otherwise informal wear
  < frivolous oddments for summer — New Yorker >
  — usually used in plural
3. chiefly Britain
 a. : a page (as the title page) of a book that does not carry the actual text or other central material — usually used in plural
 b. oddments plural : pages of a book remaining over after complete sections are made up
4. : something odd : oddity — usually used in plural
 < a museum where were gathered those oddments that rich men seem disposed to accumulate — Agnes M. Cleaveland >
 < various oddments of humanity — G.F.Whicher >
 < explains some nice oddments of behavior — Russell Lynes >
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