单词 | oddities |
释义 | odd1 /od/adjective
Oddly noun
ORIGIN: ON oddi point, a triangle, odd number; cf ON oddr, OE ord point oddˈish adjective oddˈity noun
oddˈ-like adjective (Scot)
oddˈly adverb oddˈment noun
oddˈness noun odds /odz/ plural noun
oddˈball noun An eccentric person, a nonconformist in some respect adjective
oddˈ-come-short noun (archaic)
oddˈ-come-shortˈly noun (archaic) An early day, any time odd-eˈven adjective or noun (Shakespeare; of the time about midnight) Appar neither one thing nor another Oddˈfellow noun A member of a secret benevolent society called the Independent Order of Oddfellows oddˈ-job adjective odd-jobbˈer or oddˈ-jobman noun odd-jobbˈing noun odd jobs plural noun Occasional pieces of work such as small house repairs odd legs plural noun (engineering) Callipers with two hinged legs, one curved distally and placed against an edge and the other with a scribing point oddˈ-lookˈing adjective odd lot noun (stock exchange) A block of less than one hundred shares odd-lottˈer noun Someone who deals in odd lots oddˈ-man noun
oddsˈman noun (Scot) An umpire or arbiter oddsˈ-onˈ adjective
at odds At variance (with with) give or lay odds To offer a bet at favourable odds long odds or short odds see long3and short make no odds To make no significant difference odd man out or odd one out
odds and ends Miscellaneous pieces, perh orig meaning points and ends odds and sods (informal) Miscellaneous people, things, etc over the odds (informal) More than expected, normal, necessary, etc shout the odds (slang) To talk too much or too loudly take odds
what's the odds? What difference does it make? |
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