odd UK [ɒd] US [ɑ:d] adjective STRANGE 奇怪的 IMPROVER ■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.说起来多古怪的一件事啊。 •The skirt and jacket looked a bit odd together.这裙子和夹克搭配看上去有点怪。 •That's odd (= surprising) - I'm sure I put my keys in this drawer and yet they're not here.真奇怪——我肯定把锁匙放进这个抽屉了,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 live on the 43rd floor.住在43层一定很怪异。 UK [ɒd] US [ɑ:d] adjective NOT OFTEN 不经常 ADVANCED [before noun] ■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,不过他们这样的人一般是相当乐于助人的。 UK [ɒd] US [ɑ:d] adjective NUMBERS 数字 ■(of numbers) not able to be divided exactly by two 奇数的,单数的•3, 5, 7 are all odd numbers.3, 5, 7都是奇数。 •The houses on this side of the street have all got odd numbers.街道这边的房子都是单号的。 Opposite even UK [ɒd] US [ɑ:d] adjective SEPARATED 分开的 [before noun] ■(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。 UK [ɒd] US [ɑ:d] adjective the odd one out (also the odd man out) ■a person or thing that is different from or kept apart from others that form a group or set 与众不同的人(或物);异类;不合群的人•Guess which number of the following sequence is the odd one out.猜猜看,以下一系列数字中哪个与其他的不一样。 •She was always the odd one out at school - she didn't have many friends.她在学校里总是形单影只——她没有多少朋友。 |