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单词 oddment
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Definition of oddment in English:

oddment

noun ˈɒdm(ə)ntˈɑdmənt
usually oddments
  • An item or piece of something, typically one left over from a larger piece or set.

    a quilt made from oddments of silk
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a result, they insert oddments and stray cartoons almost randomly between the announced programming.
    • There are map and bottle holders, pockets on the backs of the front seats, a sunglasses holder and oddments boxes in the centre console.
    • Inside the room were supplies, blankets, water, and a few other oddments.
    • But beyond the collection of curiosities and oddments, nothing extensive or substantive remains from what he said.
    • The Taj Mahahl is made of treated pine, chicken wire, second hand corrugated iron and various off cuts and oddments of wood.
    • But what might have been a fascinating exhibition was just an interesting collection of oddments.
    • This one contains old TV pilots, trailers and oddments but no movies.
    • In it, I correct him about a 1964 Marvel oddment and prove that there's nothing too trivial for some of us comic buffs.
    • Kat'd brought along some of the jerky, oddments from the previous day's meals, and bottles of water for lunch.
    • He smiled and went to fetch oddments for other patrons.
    • They contained substantial amounts of sand and mud, in addition to encrusting calcareous algae and other oddments.
    • The turf is usually littered with oddments of paper.
    • ‘We are very religious,’ he said as he folded his threadbare deckchair and prepared to carry away their bulging bag of oddments.
    • You would be hard-pressed to come up with a more heterogeneous collection of oddments.
    • The Whites did disinter some oddments, but these did not make satisfactory relics.
    • The town dump was situated there, and all sorts of oddments, like old bicycle frames could be found there.
    • St. Conleth's Day Care Centre is looking for oddments or surplus wool and knitting needles.
    • These shelves held torches, candles, flint, a few swords, and other oddments that could prove useful.
    Synonyms
    scraps, remnants, odds and ends, bits, pieces, bits and pieces, bits and bobs, leftovers, fragments, snippets, offcuts, ends, shreds, slivers, stubs, tail ends
    British informal fag ends
    odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs, stuff, paraphernalia, things, miscellanea, bric-a-brac, sundries, knick-knacks, souvenirs, keepsakes, mementoes, lumber, flotsam and jetsam
    informal junk
    British informal odds and sods, gubbins, clobber
    vulgar slang crap, shit
    archaic rummage, truck
    rare knick-knackery
 
 

Definition of oddment in US English:

oddment

nounˈädməntˈɑdmənt
usually oddments
  • A remnant or part of something, typically left over from a larger piece or set.

    a quilt made from oddments of silk
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Whites did disinter some oddments, but these did not make satisfactory relics.
    • They contained substantial amounts of sand and mud, in addition to encrusting calcareous algae and other oddments.
    • But what might have been a fascinating exhibition was just an interesting collection of oddments.
    • Kat'd brought along some of the jerky, oddments from the previous day's meals, and bottles of water for lunch.
    • You would be hard-pressed to come up with a more heterogeneous collection of oddments.
    • ‘We are very religious,’ he said as he folded his threadbare deckchair and prepared to carry away their bulging bag of oddments.
    • St. Conleth's Day Care Centre is looking for oddments or surplus wool and knitting needles.
    • He smiled and went to fetch oddments for other patrons.
    • The town dump was situated there, and all sorts of oddments, like old bicycle frames could be found there.
    • These shelves held torches, candles, flint, a few swords, and other oddments that could prove useful.
    • The turf is usually littered with oddments of paper.
    • As a result, they insert oddments and stray cartoons almost randomly between the announced programming.
    • But beyond the collection of curiosities and oddments, nothing extensive or substantive remains from what he said.
    • There are map and bottle holders, pockets on the backs of the front seats, a sunglasses holder and oddments boxes in the centre console.
    • Inside the room were supplies, blankets, water, and a few other oddments.
    • This one contains old TV pilots, trailers and oddments but no movies.
    • The Taj Mahahl is made of treated pine, chicken wire, second hand corrugated iron and various off cuts and oddments of wood.
    • In it, I correct him about a 1964 Marvel oddment and prove that there's nothing too trivial for some of us comic buffs.
    Synonyms
    scraps, remnants, odds and ends, bits, pieces, bits and pieces, bits and bobs, leftovers, fragments, snippets, offcuts, ends, shreds, slivers, stubs, tail ends
    odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs, stuff, paraphernalia, things, miscellanea, bric-a-brac, sundries, knick-knacks, souvenirs, keepsakes, mementoes, lumber, flotsam and jetsam
 
 
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