English主要词典
odd
Universal Words
adjective (odder, oddest)
strange
1 strange or unusual:
They're very odd people. * There's something odd about that man. * It's most odd that (= very odd that) she hasn't written. * The odd thing was that he didn't recognize me. * She had the oddest feeling that he was avoiding her.
comparePECULIAR
odd-
2 (in compounds) strange or unusual in the way mentioned:
an odd-looking house * an odd-sounding name
not regular / often
3 (the odd) [onlybeforenoun] (no comparative or superlative) happening or appearing occasionally; not very regular or frequent
SYNOCCASIONAL:
He makes the odd mistake-nothing too serious.
various
4 [onlybeforenoun] (no comparative or superlative) of no particular type or size; various:
decorations made of odd scraps of paper
not matching
5 [usuallybeforenoun] (no comparative or superlative) not with the pair or set that it belongs to; not matching:
You're wearing odd socks!
numbers
6 (no comparative or superlative) (of numbers) that cannot be divided exactly by the number two:
1, 3, 5 and 7 are odd numbers.
OPPEVEN
available
7 [onlybeforenoun] available; that sb can use:
Could I see you when you've got an odd moment? * Have you got an odd 20p?
approximately
8 (no comparative or superlative; usually placed immediately after a number) approximately or a little more than the number mentioned:
How old is she-seventy odd? * He's worked there for twenty-odd years.
oddness noun [U]:
the oddness of her appearance * His oddness frightened her.
IDIOMS
the odd man / one out a person or thing that is different from others or does not fit easily into a group or set:
At school he was always the odd man out. * Dog, cat, horse, shoe-which is the odd one out?
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