| 单词 | oddly enough |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoddly enough b. Used as a sentence adverb: ‘strangely’, ‘curiously’. Originally and chiefly in oddly enough. ΚΠ 1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. 480 Thus oddly enough it happens, that this passage of them all, which..is the only one that was meant to be dedicated expressly to the subject, is the least explicit on it. 1815 N. Amer. Rev. May 66 An English clergyman [who] is cited but once, and this oddly enough, to describe some of the processes of bundling. 1850 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Representative Men iv. 163 Oddly enough, the duplicate copy of Florio, which the British Museum purchased..turned out to have the autograph of Ben Jonson in the fly-leaf. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxiv. 190 Oddly enough he seemed to take a greater interest than ever in the Von Rosens. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark v. ii. 358 He threw out his hands. What Thea noticed, oddly enough, was the flash of the firelight on his cuff link. 1945 E. Bowen in New Writing & Daylight Sept. 24 In few of the rooms, oddly, were any inhabitants to be seen. 1973 I. Murdoch Black Prince i. 25 I disapprove of some things, oddly enough. 2001 N.Y. Times 13 May iv. 7/2 Hospital Lingo... L.O.L., little old lady. (Oddly, there is no male equivalent). < as lemmas |
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