| 单词 | odd |
| 释义 | odd adj. & n. --adj 1. extraordinary, strange, queer, remarkable, eccentric. 2. casual, occasional, unconnected (odd jobs; odd moments). 3. not normally noticed or considered; unpredictable (in some odd corner; picks up odd bargains). 4. additional; beside the reckoning (earned the odd pound). 5. a (of numbers such as 3 and 5) not integrally divisible by two. b (of things or persons numbered consecutively) bearing such a number (no parking on odd dates). 6. left over when the rest have been distributed or divided into pairs (have got an odd sock). 7. detached from a set or series (a few odd volumes). 8. (appended to a number, sum, weight, etc.) somewhat more than (forty odd; forty-odd people). 9. by which a round number, given sum, etc., is exceeded (we have 102 - what shall we do with the odd 2?). --n Golf a handicap of one stroke at each hole. Phrases and idioms odd job a casual isolated piece of work. odd job man (or odd jobber) Brit. a person who does odd jobs. odd man out 1. a person or thing differing from all the others in a group in some respect. 2. a method of selecting one of three or more persons e.g. by tossing a coin. Derivatives oddish adj. oddly adv. oddness n. Etymology: ME f. ON odda- in odda-mathr third man, odd man, f. oddi angle |
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