odd /ɒd/ CET4 TEM4 ( odder, oddest )

• 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

  例：

  He'd always been odd, but not to this extent.

  他曾一直很古怪，但没到这种程度。

  例：

  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. 

  oddly ADV 古怪地; 不寻常地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  ...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]

  例：

  ...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。

  例：

  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]

  例：

  How many pages was it, 500 odd?

  它多少页，500左右？

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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。

• 8. 

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