odd
adj
(-er, -est)
1 strange; unusual; peculiar 奇怪的; 不尋常的; 古怪的
What an odd man! 多古怪的男人哪!
How odd! 多奇怪呀! * She wears rather odd clothes. 她穿的衣服很怪.
She gets odder as she grows older. 她越老越古怪.
2 (no comparative or superlative 無比較級或最高級) (of numbers) that cannot be divided by two; not even (指數(shù)目)奇數(shù)的
1, 3, 5 and 7 are odd numbers. 1、 3、 5、 7是奇數(shù).
3 [usu attrib 通常作定語]
(no comparative or superlative 無比較級或最高級)
(a) of one of a pair, set, series, etc when the other(s) is/are missing 單的(指一雙、 一套、 一組...中的單個)
an odd shoe/sock/glove 單只的鞋[襪子/手套]
two odd volumes of an encyclopedia 百科全書中的兩個單本
You're wearing odd socks, ie two that do not form a pair. 你穿的兩只襪子不是一雙.
(b) left over; extra; surplus 剩余的; 多余的; 多出的
She made a cushion out of odd bits of material. 她用碎布頭做了個靠墊.
4 (no comparative or superlative; usu placed directly after a number 無比較級或最高級, 通常直接置於數(shù)字之後) a little more than 稍多於
five hundred odd, ie slightly more than 500 五百多
thirty-odd (ie between 30 and 40) years later 三十多年後
twelve pounds odd, ie 12 and some pence extra 十二英鎊多.
5 [attrib 作定語]
(no comparative or superlative 無比較級或最高級) not regular or fixed; occasional 不規(guī)則的; 非固定的; 臨時的
weed the garden at odd times/moments, ie at various irregular moments 用零星時間給花園除草
I take the odd bit of exercise, but nothing regular. 我偶爾稍微鍛煉一下, 但無規(guī)律.
The landscape was bare except for the odd cactus. 那片地上除了偶見的仙人掌以外, 什麼都沒有.
Do you have an odd minute (ie a little spare time) to help me with this? 你有空兒幫我做這件事嗎?
6 (idm 習語) an odd/a queer fish => fish1. the/an odd man/one `out
(a) person or thing left over when the others have been put into pairs or groups 配對或分組時多出的人或物
There's always an odd one out when I sort out my socks. 我給襪子配對時, 總是有單只的剩下.
That boy is always the odd man out when the children are divided into teams. 孩子分組時, 那男孩總是單個兒.
(b) person or thing that is different from the others 與眾不同的人或物
Banana, grape, apple, daisy which of these is the odd one out? 香蕉、 葡萄、 蘋果、 雛菊--這幾樣東西哪一樣與眾不同?
(c) (infml 口) person who cannot fit easily into the society, community, etc of which he is a member 與集體不融洽的人; 不合群者
At school she always felt the odd one out. 她上學時總覺得和大家格格不入.
His formal clothes made him the odd one out in the club. 他衣冠楚楚, 在俱樂部中如鶴立雞群.