单词 | odd |
释义 | odd (ɒd ) Word forms: odder , oddest 1. adjective B2 If you describe someone or something as odd, you think that they are strange or unusual. He'd always been odd, but not to this extent. What an odd coincidence that he should have known your family. Something odd began to happen. Synonyms: unusual, different, strange, rare oddly adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective/-ed] ...an oddly shaped hill. His own boss was behaving rather oddly. oddness uncountable noun Perhaps it was that very oddness that attracted me to Glen's music. 2. See also odd-looking 3. adjective You use odd before a noun to indicate that you are not mentioning the type, size, or quality of something because it is not important. ...moving from place to place where she could find the odd bit of work. He had various odd cleaning jobs around the place. I knew that Alan liked the odd drink. Synonyms: occasional, various, varied, random 4. adverb You use odd after a number to indicate that it is only approximate. [informal] How many pages was it, 500 odd? He has now appeared in sixty odd films. 'How long have you lived here?'—'Twenty odd years.' 5. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Odd numbers, such as 3 and 17, are those which cannot be divided exactly by the number two. The odd numbers are on the left as you walk up the street. There's an odd number of candidates. 6. adjective You say that two things are odd when they do not belong to the same set or pair. I'm wearing odd socks today by the way. 7. the odd man out/the odd woman out/the odd one out phrase The odd man out, the odd woman out, or the odd one out in a particular situation is a person who is different from the other people in it. He is very much the odd man out in the team's successful season so far. Parents did not want their children to be the odd ones out. 8. See also odds, odds and ends Collocations: odd hours When you work such odd hours, there isn't really a formal routine. Times,Sunday Times Go at odd hours, when nobody expects you. Times, Sunday Times That was exceptional, but all odd hours are special. Times, Sunday Times His grandmother keeps odd hours, takes her superstitious shower right after it gets dark. Times, Sunday Times They sleep at the hospital in the odd hours when they are not working. Times, Sunday Times Yes, it's being shown that you can be beautiful in middle age but it's an air-brushed and slightly odd look. Times, Sunday Times The driver gave him an odd look, but opened the door. Times, Sunday Times Highs and lows and rows and the odd look of complete bewilderment. Times, Sunday Times It might be an odd look, but at least she didn't have to bother putting on make-up. The Sun I never caught a leer, an odd look, or heard anything to make me wonder. Times,Sunday Times Woodland floors can be bare and bleak in winter, except for the odd patch of green stinging nettles. Times, Sunday Times They even found the odd patch of powder, even though there hadn't been any fresh snow for a fortnight. Times, Sunday Times I convinced myself that the wooden windows didn't need varnishing and that the odd patch of rust added character. The Times Literary Supplement It was an odd sensation, made more uncomfortable by the strange breathing noises he was making. The Sun But it creates an odd sensation when you tip into corners on asphalt. The Sun He can recall hitting the ground and feeling an odd sensation - it was pain but nothing like what he had felt before. Times, Sunday Times This can cause a variety of symptoms in your scalp, including sharp pains, numbness or the odd sensations you describe. The Sun It was from this time onwards that she complained of odd sensations in her body, sensations that were later to be confirmed through immunological tests as lupus. Times, Sunday Times It's an odd sight, but once seen never forgotten. Times, Sunday Times Short-eared owls are mostly seen on lonely moors and marshes, and are a very odd sight in a city. Times, Sunday Times It was an odd sight. Times, Sunday Times The conditions helped and there was the odd sight beforehand of their players watching a video of their successful relegation fight last season. Times, Sunday Times Many operators will apply a corporate design in the same way to any bus, leading to some odd sight lines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's like packing 50 people into a sauna built for 10 and adding an 'odd smell'. Times, Sunday Times An odd smell to find, in the open air, otherwise surrounded by privet blossom and rosemary: for this smells like the inside of somewhere. Times, Sunday Times But there was an odd smell. Times,Sunday Times I'd noticed him coming home after playing at the skate park with bloodshot eyes and an odd smell. The Sun By the time she got it home and cooked it, it had a decidedly odd smell. Globe and Mail As with many of the key events in this month-long takeover battle, there will be an odd twist. Times, Sunday Times In an odd twist, it may also be helping to bring the fax machine back into fashion. Times, Sunday Times Predictable schmaltz, but with some sharp jokes and the odd twist. Times, Sunday Times In an odd twist of fate, this scene (in which the bomber crashes), was given its first orchestral rehearsal on the morning of 9/11. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But life can take odd twists and turns. Times, Sunday Times There was a price for these inclusions, and it was paid with some rather odd exclusions. Times, Sunday Times And, on the face of it, that seemed a rather odd thing to do. Times, Sunday Times I had something rather odd happen in the small hours of yesterday. Times, Sunday Times Seaside visitors looking at the seagulls often see a rather odd one gliding by on stiff, straight wings. Times, Sunday Times Similarly, the discourse on the reasons for swearing and the rather odd idea of taboo subjects and words makes highly entertaining reading. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 奇怪的, 不成对的, 单数的 Japanese: 変な, 左右が揃っていない, 奇数の |
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