odd
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ If you describe someone or something as odd, you think that they are strange or unusual. 古怪的; 不寻常的
He'd always been odd, but not to this extent. 他曾一直很古怪，但没到这种程度。
What an odd coincidence that he should have known your family. 他已认识你的家人，多么不寻常的巧合。
2. oddlyADV 古怪地; 不寻常地[ADV with v]
...an oddly shaped hill. …一座形状奇怪的小山。
3. ADJ You use odd before a noun to indicate that you are not mentioning the type, size, or quality of something because it is not important. (用于名词前) 任意的[det ADJ]
...moving from place to place where she could find the odd bit of work. …在她能找到点事做的地方搬来搬去。
He had various odd cleaning jobs around the place. 他在该地附近做过各种不同的清洁工作。
4. ADV You use odd after a number to indicate that it is only approximate. …左右 (用于数字后)[非正式] [num ADV]
How many pages was it, 500 odd?
它多少页，500左右？
He has now appeared in sixty odd films. 他如今已在六十部左右的电影中露过面。
5. ADJ Odd numbers, such as 3 and 17, are those which cannot be divided exactly by the number two. 奇数的
The odd numbers are on the left as you walk up the street. 你沿这条街走时，单号在左边。
6. ADJ You say that two things are odd when they do not belong to the same set or pair. 单的
I'm wearing odd socks today by the way. 顺便说一下，我今天穿着两只不成对儿的袜子。
7. PHRASE The odd man out, the odd woman out, or the odd one out in a particular situation is a person who is different from the other people in it. 与众不同者
Azerbaijan has been the odd man out, the one republic not to hold democratic elections. 阿塞拜疆一直是个与众不同者，一个不举行民主选举的共和国。
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odd /ɒd/ (odder,oddest)
剑桥词典
- I had a very odd dream about you last night .
- I find him really odd - I can't figure him out at all.
- Doesn't it strike you as rather odd that he never talks about his family ?
- Something in the cupboard smells odd.
- It's odd that she should think I would want to see her again.
- There may be the odd flurry of snow over the hills tonight .
- I used to do a lot of sport , but now I just play the odd game of tennis .
- I spent the afternoon pottering around the garden doing a few odd jobs .
- It was a beautiful day , with just the odd patch of cloud in the sky .
- Only the odd passing car disturbed the silence .
odd adjective (STRANGE)
strange or unexpected奇怪的，古怪的；异常的；出人意料的
Her father was an odd man. 她父亲是个古怪的人。
What an odd thing to say. 这样说太奇怪了。
The skirt and jacket looked a little odd together. 这裙子和夹克搭配看上去有点怪。
That's odd - I'm sure I put my keys in this drawer and yet they're not here. 真奇怪——我肯定把钥匙放进这个抽屉了，可是却不见了。
It's odd that no one's seen him. 奇怪的是没人见过他。
It must be odd to go back to your home town after forty years away. 离开40年后回到家乡一定感觉很奇怪。
例句
odd adjective (NOT OFTEN)
[ 只用在名词前面的形容词 ]not happening often
不常发生的；不经常的
She does the odd teaching job but nothing permanent . 她有时教教课，但并不固定。
You get the odd person who's rude to you but they're generally quite helpful . 你不巧遇到了一个对你粗鲁的人，不过他们一般是相当乐于助人的。
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odd adjective (NUMBERS)
(of numbers ) not able to be divided exactly by two
奇数的，单数的
3, 5, and 7 are all odd numbers . 3， 5， 7都是奇数。
The houses on this side of the street all have odd numbers . 街道这边的房子都是单号的。
反义词
even adjective (NUMBER)
odd adjective (SEPARATED)
[ 只用在名词前面的形容词 ](of something that should be in a pair or set) separated from its pair or set
（指一对或一组事物中）单个的，单只的，不成对的
He's got a whole drawer full of odd socks . 他有一抽屉的单只袜子。
I'd got a few odd (= I had various ) balls of wool left over. 我有几个花色不同的、织毛衣剩下的毛线团。