1 ADJ-GRADED 奇怪的；古怪的；奇特的；异常的 If you describe someone or something as odd, you think that they are strange or unusual. 奇怪的；古怪的；奇特的；异常的
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He'd always been odd, but not to this extent.
他一直比较怪异，不过并没有到这种程度。
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What an odd coincidence that he should have known your family.
他居然认识你的家人，真是太巧了。
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Something odd began to happen.
怪事开始出现。
SYN peculiar, strange, unusual, different
3 ADJ （用于名词前）少量的，微小的，不重要的 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. （用于名词前）少量的，微小的，不重要的
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...moving from place to place where she could find the odd bit of work.
她为了找到点儿零散活计不断地搬来搬去
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He had various odd cleaning jobs around the place.
他在这附近干过各种零碎的保洁工作。
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I knew that Alan liked the odd drink.
我知道艾伦喜欢偶尔喝点酒。
SYN occasional, various, varied, random
4 ADV （用于数字后）大约，左右，略多 You use odd after a number to indicate that it is only approximate. （用于数字后）大约，左右，略多 [informal]
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How many pages was it, 500 odd?.
这有多少页，500来页？
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He has now appeared in sixty odd films.
他迄今演过60多部影片。
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'How long have you lived here?' — 'Twenty odd years.'
“你在这里住多久了？”—“20多年了。”
5 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 奇数的；单数的 Odd numbers, such as 3 and 17, are those which cannot be divided exactly by the number two. 奇数的；单数的
6 ADJ 不同类的；不成对的；单只的 You say that two things are odd when they do not belong to the same set or pair. 不同类的；不成对的；单只的
7 PHRASE 与集体不合的人；剩下孤零零的一人；异类 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. 与集体不合的人；剩下孤零零的一人；异类
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Azerbaijan has been the odd man out, the one republic not to hold democratic elections.
阿塞拜疆没有举行民主选举，是这些共和国中的异类。
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Mark and Rick were the odd ones out in claiming to like this cherry beer.
只剩下马克和里克声称喜欢喝这种樱桃啤酒。
8 See also: odds odds and ends
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | odd Also look up: |
| ADJ. | bizarre, different, eccentric, peculiar, strange, unusual, weird; (ant.) normal, regular 1 |
| Word Partnership | Use odd with: |
| VERB. | feel odd, look odd, seem odd, sound odd, strike someone as odd, think something odd 1 |
| N. | odd combination, odd thing 1 odd job 2 |
| ADJ. | odd numbered 4 |
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