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odd

UK /ɒd/US /ɑːd/

词源

源自中古英语odde,来自古诺尔斯语oddi(三角形、第三角),原指无法成对的剩余部分,14世纪后发展出数学和奇怪的含义。

adjective

❶ 形容事物奇怪或不寻常,与常见情况不同,常带有轻微负面或令人困惑的意味。

“She has an odd habit of collecting bottle caps.”

(她有个奇怪的癖好,喜欢收集瓶盖。)

“It's odd that he didn't call to say he'd be late.”

(真奇怪,他没打电话说要迟到。)

❶ 指数字无法被2整除,数学中称为奇数,与偶数相对。

“1, 3, 5 are odd numbers.”

(1、3、5是奇数。)

“The pages with odd numbers are on the right side.”

(奇数页码在右侧。)

❶ 表示零散的、不成对的或剩余的,常指物品单独存在或数量不多。

“I found an odd sock under the bed.”

(我在床下找到一只不成对的袜子。)

“She put the odd coins in a jar.”

(她把零钱放进罐子里。)

同义词:strange, peculiar, unusual, bizarre, mismatched

常见短语

odd one out — 指在一组事物中与众不同或不符合的那个,常用于游戏或比较情境。

“In this series of numbers, 7 is the odd one out because it's the only prime number.”

(在这组数字中,7是异类,因为它是唯一的质数。)

oddly enough — 用于引出一个令人意外或矛盾的事实,表达虽然奇怪但确实如此的意思。

“Oddly enough, I felt more relaxed during the storm.”

(说来奇怪,暴风雨中我反而更放松。)