odd
美音:[ɔd
]
英音:[ɔd
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adj.奇数的,单数的,单只的,不成对的,临时的,不固定的,带零头的,余的
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名词:oddness 副词:oddly 形容词比较级:odder 最高级:oddest
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odd
/ɒd; ɑd/
adj (-er, -est)
1 strange; unusual; peculiar 奇怪的; 不寻常的; 古怪的
*What an odd man! 多古怪的男人哪!
* How odd! 多奇怪呀!
* She wears rather odd clothes. 她穿的衣服很怪.
* She gets odder as she grows older. 她越老越古怪.
2 (no comparative or superlative 无比较级或最高级) (of numbers) that cannot be divided by two; not even （指数目）奇数的
*1, 3,
5 and
7 are odd numbers. 1、3、5、7是奇数.
3 [usu attrib 通常作定语] (no comparative or superlative 无比较级或最高级)
(a) of one of a pair, set, series, etc when the other(s) is/are missing 单的（指一双、一套、一组...中的单个）
*an odd shoe/sock/glove 单只的鞋[袜子/手套]
* two odd volumes of an encyclopedia 百科全书中的两个单本
* You're wearing odd socks, ie two that do not form a pair. 你穿的两只袜子不是一双.
(b) left over; extra; surplus 剩余的; 多余的; 多出的
*She made a cushion out of odd bits of material. 她用碎布头做了个靠垫.
4 (no comparative or superlative; usu placed directly after a number 无比较级或最高级, 通常直接置于数字之後) a little more than 稍多于
*five hundred odd, ie slightly more than
500 五百多
* thirty-odd (ie between
30 and 40) years later 三十多年後
* twelve pounds odd, ie
12 and some pence extra 十二英镑多.
5 [attrib 作定语] (no comparative or superlative 无比较级或最高级) not regular or fixed; occasional 不规则的; 非固定的; 临时的
*weed the garden at odd times/moments, ie at various irregular moments 用零星时间给花园除草
* I take the odd bit of exercise, but nothing regular. 我偶尔稍微锻炼一下, 但无规律.
* The landscape was bare except for the odd cactus. 那片地上除了偶见的仙人掌以外, 什么都没有.
* Do you have an odd minute (ie a little spare time) to help me with this? 你有空儿帮我做这件事吗?
6 (idm 习语) an odd/a queer fish => fish1. the/an odd man/one `out
(a) person or thing left over when the others have been put into pairs or groups 配对或分组时多出的人或物
*There's always an odd one out when I sort out my socks. 我给袜子配对时, 总是有单只的剩下.
* That boy is always the odd man out when the children are divided into teams. 孩子分组时, 那男孩总是单个儿.
(b) person or thing that is different from the others 与众不同的人或物
*Banana, grape, apple, daisy which of these is the odd one out? 香蕉、葡萄、苹果、雏菊--这几样东西哪一样与众不同?
(c) (infml 口) person who cannot fit easily into the society, community, etc of which he is a member 与集体不融洽的人; 不合群者
*At school she always felt the odd one out. 她上学时总觉得和大家格格不入.
* His formal clothes made him the odd one out in the club. 他衣冠楚楚, 在俱乐部中如鹤立鸡群.
adj (-er, -est)
1 strange; unusual; peculiar 奇怪的; 不寻常的; 古怪的
*What an odd man! 多古怪的男人哪!
* How odd! 多奇怪呀!
* She wears rather odd clothes. 她穿的衣服很怪.
* She gets odder as she grows older. 她越老越古怪.
2 (no comparative or superlative 无比较级或最高级) (of numbers) that cannot be divided by two; not even （指数目）奇数的
*1, 3,
5 and
7 are odd numbers. 1、3、5、7是奇数.
3 [usu attrib 通常作定语] (no comparative or superlative 无比较级或最高级)
(a) of one of a pair, set, series, etc when the other(s) is/are missing 单的（指一双、一套、一组...中的单个）
*an odd shoe/sock/glove 单只的鞋[袜子/手套]
* two odd volumes of an encyclopedia 百科全书中的两个单本
* You're wearing odd socks, ie two that do not form a pair. 你穿的两只袜子不是一双.
(b) left over; extra; surplus 剩余的; 多余的; 多出的
*She made a cushion out of odd bits of material. 她用碎布头做了个靠垫.
4 (no comparative or superlative; usu placed directly after a number 无比较级或最高级, 通常直接置于数字之後) a little more than 稍多于
*five hundred odd, ie slightly more than
500 五百多
* thirty-odd (ie between
30 and 40) years later 三十多年後
* twelve pounds odd, ie
12 and some pence extra 十二英镑多.
5 [attrib 作定语] (no comparative or superlative 无比较级或最高级) not regular or fixed; occasional 不规则的; 非固定的; 临时的
*weed the garden at odd times/moments, ie at various irregular moments 用零星时间给花园除草
* I take the odd bit of exercise, but nothing regular. 我偶尔稍微锻炼一下, 但无规律.
* The landscape was bare except for the odd cactus. 那片地上除了偶见的仙人掌以外, 什么都没有.
* Do you have an odd minute (ie a little spare time) to help me with this? 你有空儿帮我做这件事吗?
6 (idm 习语) an odd/a queer fish => fish1. the/an odd man/one `out
(a) person or thing left over when the others have been put into pairs or groups 配对或分组时多出的人或物
*There's always an odd one out when I sort out my socks. 我给袜子配对时, 总是有单只的剩下.
* That boy is always the odd man out when the children are divided into teams. 孩子分组时, 那男孩总是单个儿.
(b) person or thing that is different from the others 与众不同的人或物
*Banana, grape, apple, daisy which of these is the odd one out? 香蕉、葡萄、苹果、雏菊--这几样东西哪一样与众不同?
(c) (infml 口) person who cannot fit easily into the society, community, etc of which he is a member 与集体不融洽的人; 不合群者
*At school she always felt the odd one out. 她上学时总觉得和大家格格不入.
* His formal clothes made him the odd one out in the club. 他衣冠楚楚, 在俱乐部中如鹤立鸡群.
odd
adj comparativeoddersuperlativeoddest
1【strange】
2 the odd occasion/day/moment/drink etc
3【various】
4【not in a pair/set】
5 odd number
6 20-odd/30-odd etc
7 the odd man/one out
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse;Origin: oddi 'point of land, triangle, odd number']
【STRANGE】
different from what is normal or expected, especially in a way that you disapprove of or cannot understand
It was an odd thing to say.
an odd way to behave
They're an odd couple.
There was something odd about him.
What she did was unforgivable, but the odd thing was he didn't seem to mind.
She was holding an extremely odd-looking weapon.
it is/seems odd (that)
It seemed odd that he wanted a picture of me.
see usage noteunusual
the odd occasion/day/moment/drink etc
especially BrE a few occasions, days etc that happen at various times but not often and not regularly
= occasional
Lack of sleep doesn't matter on the odd occasion.
I take the odd day off work.
I like the odd glass of wine with my dinner.
Jo smokes the odd cigarette.
【VARIOUS】 [only before noun]
not specially chosen or collected
Any odd scrap of paper will do.
【NOT IN A PAIR/SET】 [only before noun]
separated from a pair or set
an odd shoe
odd socks/gloves etc
(=not a matching pair of socks etc)
He was wearing odd socks.
odd number
a number that cannot be divided exactly by two, for example 1, 3, 5, 7 etc
≠ even number
20-odd/30-odd etc
spoken a little more than 20 etc
I have another 20-odd years to work before I retire.
the odd man/one out
BrE someone or something that is different from the rest of the group or not included in it
Which shape is the odd one out?
I was always the odd one out at school.
>oddnessn[U]
→oddly
1【strange】
2 the odd occasion/day/moment/drink etc
3【various】
4【not in a pair/set】
5 odd number
6 20-odd/30-odd etc
7 the odd man/one out
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse;Origin: oddi 'point of land, triangle, odd number']
【STRANGE】
different from what is normal or expected, especially in a way that you disapprove of or cannot understand
It was an odd thing to say.
an odd way to behave
They're an odd couple.
There was something odd about him.
What she did was unforgivable, but the odd thing was he didn't seem to mind.
She was holding an extremely odd-looking weapon.
it is/seems odd (that)
It seemed odd that he wanted a picture of me.
see usage noteunusual
the odd occasion/day/moment/drink etc
especially BrE a few occasions, days etc that happen at various times but not often and not regularly
= occasional
Lack of sleep doesn't matter on the odd occasion.
I take the odd day off work.
I like the odd glass of wine with my dinner.
Jo smokes the odd cigarette.
【VARIOUS】 [only before noun]
not specially chosen or collected
Any odd scrap of paper will do.
【NOT IN A PAIR/SET】 [only before noun]
separated from a pair or set
an odd shoe
odd socks/gloves etc
(=not a matching pair of socks etc)
He was wearing odd socks.
odd number
a number that cannot be divided exactly by two, for example 1, 3, 5, 7 etc
≠ even number
20-odd/30-odd etc
spoken a little more than 20 etc
I have another 20-odd years to work before I retire.
the odd man/one out
BrE someone or something that is different from the rest of the group or not included in it
Which shape is the odd one out?
I was always the odd one out at school.
>oddnessn[U]
→oddly
1. The Romans thought that odd numbers were lucky and they took a day from a 30-day month — from February — to get an extra 31-day month.
罗马人认为奇数是吉祥的数字，他们从一个有30天的月份——2月份——中去掉了一天，从而又多了一个有31天的月份。
2. And one odd finding that makes the problem puzzling is that it looks very much as if sleeping is not simply a matter of giving the body a rest.
一项使人对这个问题感到困惑的奇怪的发现是，睡眠在很大程度似乎并不仅仅是为了使身体得到休息。
3. At the time, this did not strike me as odd.
一开始，我并不感到奇怪，
4. And the English would have been sure to find it "odd".
而英国人也肯定会觉得这很"古怪"。
5. It´s odd that he has gone out in the rain without an umbralla.
真奇怪，他不带雨伞就冒雨出门。
6. I´ve heard some odd tales about her.
我听到些关於她的怪事.
7. It contains not only the famous five-thousand-seat banqueting hall, and twenty odd reception rooms each as big as normal ballroom, but the Great Hall itself.
它不仅具有一个五千座位的著名的宴会厅，二十多个像普通舞厅大小的会客厅，而且还有一个大会堂。
8. I've always advocated gun control; the odd thing is I still do. It wasn't ignorance of crime statistics that previously kept me from owning a gun nor thinking I was immune to violence.
我一贯主张控制枪支，奇怪的是我现在依然主张控制枪支。以前我没有枪，并不是因为我对有关犯罪的统计资料不了解，也不是因为我自认为可以不受暴力的袭击。
9. I wondered why he held his head motionless at an odd angle, as though he were in prayer.
当时我感到奇怪，为什么他的头一动不动地保持着一个古怪的角度，好像在祷告一样。
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罗马人认为奇数是吉祥的数字，他们从一个有30天的月份——2月份——中去掉了一天，从而又多了一个有31天的月份。
2. And one odd finding that makes the problem puzzling is that it looks very much as if sleeping is not simply a matter of giving the body a rest.
一项使人对这个问题感到困惑的奇怪的发现是，睡眠在很大程度似乎并不仅仅是为了使身体得到休息。
3. At the time, this did not strike me as odd.
一开始，我并不感到奇怪，
4. And the English would have been sure to find it "odd".
而英国人也肯定会觉得这很"古怪"。
5. It´s odd that he has gone out in the rain without an umbralla.
真奇怪，他不带雨伞就冒雨出门。
6. I´ve heard some odd tales about her.
我听到些关於她的怪事.
7. It contains not only the famous five-thousand-seat banqueting hall, and twenty odd reception rooms each as big as normal ballroom, but the Great Hall itself.
它不仅具有一个五千座位的著名的宴会厅，二十多个像普通舞厅大小的会客厅，而且还有一个大会堂。
8. I've always advocated gun control; the odd thing is I still do. It wasn't ignorance of crime statistics that previously kept me from owning a gun nor thinking I was immune to violence.
我一贯主张控制枪支，奇怪的是我现在依然主张控制枪支。以前我没有枪，并不是因为我对有关犯罪的统计资料不了解，也不是因为我自认为可以不受暴力的袭击。
9. I wondered why he held his head motionless at an odd angle, as though he were in prayer.
当时我感到奇怪，为什么他的头一动不动地保持着一个古怪的角度，好像在祷告一样。
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