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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

odd

英  [ɒd]
    

[ADJ, ADV]

    ADJ. 形容词

  • odder , oddest

    1. 古怪的 , 不寻常的

    If you describe someone or something as odd, you think that they are strange or unusual.

    近义词

    peculiar

    双语例句

    例：

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

    他一直很古怪，但没到这种程度。

    例：

    What an odd coincidence that he should have known your family.

    他竟然认识你的家人，真是太巧了。

    2. （用于名词前）任意的

    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.

    近义词

    occasional

    双语例句

    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。

    3. 奇数的

    Odd numbers, such as 3 and 17, are those which cannot be divided exactly by the number two.

    双语例句

    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。

    例：

    Multiplying an odd number by an odd number always gives an odd number.

    奇数乘以奇数得奇数。

    例：

    There's an odd number of candidates.

    候选人数为奇数。

    4. 单的

    You say that two things are odd when they do not belong to the same set or pair.

    双语例句

    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。

    ADV. 副词
  • 1. …左右（用于数字后）

    You use odd after a number to indicate that it is only approximate.

    双语例句

    例：

    How many pages was it, 500 odd?

    有多少页，500页左右？

    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。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • the odd man out , the odd woman out , the odd one out

    1. 与众不同者

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    Azerbaijan has been the odd man out, the one republic not to hold democratic elections.

    阿塞拜疆和其他国家不同，它是一个不举行民主选举的共和国。

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