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单词 odd job
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Definition of odd job in English:

odd job

noun
usually odd jobs
  • A casual or isolated piece of work, especially one of a routine domestic or manual nature.

    he takes odd jobs, but nothing that would lead to a career
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A series of odd jobs took Bannatyne to Jersey, where he spent most of his twenties ‘sowing wild oats’.
    • But she had to rely on income gained from doing all kinds of odd jobs.
    • After leaving school, Rasul studied law in Birmingham, and Iqbal took odd jobs and became involved in petty crime.
    • Though it wasn't expected of them, many of the boarders felt compelled to help Buschert with odd jobs around the house.
    • Between prayers, he sometimes does odd jobs at the mosque.
    • After working odd jobs, Richard was so frustrated that he was looking for anything.
    • He moved to Canada in 1983, worked odd jobs and published six more books of poetry in French and Persian.
    • Nonetheless, he found odd jobs, help from a friend in Chicago, and later from his wife, Janet.
    • His persistence in pursuing his musical ambitions caused Zhang to lead an unstable life with only odd jobs coming his way.
    • Four months later, many have again found some odd jobs in the city.
    • In 1993, he became a drifter, living in trailer parks, working at odd jobs and buying and selling guns.
    • He got involved in the family's fishing trade and also worked part-time in construction and did odd jobs.
    • The keep-fit fanatic survives by doing odd jobs and has never claimed any benefits until six months ago.
    • After leaving school at 16, she did odd jobs until enrolling to study law at Glasgow University at the age of 21.
    • After years of doing odd jobs around the area, from cleaning to tick collecting, Sharon is now focusing solely on her art.
    • After high school, Wright attended art school, travelled and held odd jobs.
    • Then there are the usual housewifely chores - planning the menu, getting odd jobs done around the house.
    • I've had a morning full of various odd jobs and phonecalls to make.
    • A nominal fee is charged for a range of odd jobs around the home, such as mending dripping taps or fitting lightbulbs or smoke alarms.
    • Cutting lawns, keeping an eye on people's properties when they go away, doing odd jobs and fixing things are all part of his daily routine.

Derivatives

  • odd-jobbing

  • noun
    • Welsh left school with few qualifications and entered an odd-jobbing life washing dishes and working as a TV repairman.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After leaving Spain during the rise of fascism and odd-jobbing around the American studio system, Buñuel alighted in Mexico in 1949 and stayed.
      • Were you even aware that that was his last job, or that he was currently unemployed, odd-jobbing as a scout?
 
 

Definition of odd job in US English:

odd job

nounˈäd ˈˌjäb
usually odd jobs
  • A casual or isolated piece of work, especially one of a routine domestic or manual nature.

    he takes odd jobs, but nothing that would lead to a career
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then there are the usual housewifely chores - planning the menu, getting odd jobs done around the house.
    • He moved to Canada in 1983, worked odd jobs and published six more books of poetry in French and Persian.
    • His persistence in pursuing his musical ambitions caused Zhang to lead an unstable life with only odd jobs coming his way.
    • In 1993, he became a drifter, living in trailer parks, working at odd jobs and buying and selling guns.
    • Cutting lawns, keeping an eye on people's properties when they go away, doing odd jobs and fixing things are all part of his daily routine.
    • A series of odd jobs took Bannatyne to Jersey, where he spent most of his twenties ‘sowing wild oats’.
    • Though it wasn't expected of them, many of the boarders felt compelled to help Buschert with odd jobs around the house.
    • But she had to rely on income gained from doing all kinds of odd jobs.
    • He got involved in the family's fishing trade and also worked part-time in construction and did odd jobs.
    • After leaving school, Rasul studied law in Birmingham, and Iqbal took odd jobs and became involved in petty crime.
    • Four months later, many have again found some odd jobs in the city.
    • After high school, Wright attended art school, travelled and held odd jobs.
    • After years of doing odd jobs around the area, from cleaning to tick collecting, Sharon is now focusing solely on her art.
    • The keep-fit fanatic survives by doing odd jobs and has never claimed any benefits until six months ago.
    • I've had a morning full of various odd jobs and phonecalls to make.
    • A nominal fee is charged for a range of odd jobs around the home, such as mending dripping taps or fitting lightbulbs or smoke alarms.
    • After working odd jobs, Richard was so frustrated that he was looking for anything.
    • Between prayers, he sometimes does odd jobs at the mosque.
    • After leaving school at 16, she did odd jobs until enrolling to study law at Glasgow University at the age of 21.
    • Nonetheless, he found odd jobs, help from a friend in Chicago, and later from his wife, Janet.
 
 
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