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| 1 | unusual or unexpected in a way that attracts your interest or attention 奇特的；古怪的；异常的 |
| Harry’ s behaviour did seem a little odd. 哈里的行为看起来确实有点古怪。 |
| His paintings are a rather odd mixture of German and British influences. 他的画是德国风格和英国风格的奇怪混合。 |
| it is odd (that) It’ s very odd that he hadn’ t sent you a birthday present. 很奇怪，他竟然没有给你送生日礼物。 |
| strike sb as odd (=make someone think that sth is unexpected) It struck me as odd that there was no reply to my letter. 使某人感到奇怪 |
| odd-sounding an odd-sounding name 听起来很奇怪的名字 |
| odd-looking The children were very odd-looking in their costumes. 孩子们穿上戏装看上去很奇怪。 |
| the odd thing is (that) (=it is unexpected that) But the odd thing was that I didn’ t feel guilty. 奇怪的是 |
| that’ s odd That’ s odd, I thought I left my coat on the chair. 很奇怪，我以为我把外套放在椅子上了。 |
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| 2 | only before noun not happening frequently or regularly 非经常的；偶尔的 |
| The weather will remain cloudy with odd showers here and there. 天气将仍为多云，部分地区间或有阵雨。 |
| the/an odd sth I enjoy the odd drink now and again. 我喜欢偶尔喝点酒。 |
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| 3 | only before noun consisting of different types, sizes, shapes, colours etc 各种各样的 |
| The file was stuffed with notes and odd bits of paper. 文件夹里塞满了便条和各种各样的纸片。 |
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| 4 | usually before noun an odd number is a whole number that cannot be divided exactly by two , for example 1, 3, 5, 7 etc 奇数的，单数的（如1， 3， 5， 7等） |
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| 5 | usually before noun lacking the other member of a pair 单只的；不成对的 |
| odd socks/shoes/gloves 不配对的袜子/鞋子/手套 |
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| 6 | never before noun informal approximately 大约；…左右；…多一点 |
| He must be sixty odd (=about 60 years old) . 他肯定有60岁左右了。 |
| There were 200 odd people in the room. 屋子里有200人左右。 |
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| - | odd minute/moment BRITISH
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| a short period of free time |
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| Come and look at my photos when you’ ve got the odd few minutes. 有空过来看看我的照片。 |
| I’ ll phone her when I can find the odd moment. 一有空我就会给她打电话。 |
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| - | the oddone/man out
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| 1 | someone or something that is different from the others in a group or list 与同组中其他人（或物）不同者；与众不同者 | See if you can spot the odd one out in the list. 让我看看你能否在名单中把那个与众不同的找出来。 | |
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| 2 | someone who is not accepted by the other members of a group because of being different 难与他人相处者；不合群的人 | Johnny was always the odd one out. 约翰尼总是跟别人合不来。 | |
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| 3 | someone or something remaining after others form pairs, groups, or sets （分组后）剩余的人，剩余的东西 | If we work in groups of three there won’ t be an odd one out. 如果我们3人一组干活，就不会有人剩下。 | |
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| oddness noun U |
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