odd是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 strange or unexpected -- 奇怪的，古怪的；異常的；出人意料的

  • Her father was an odd man. 她父親是個古怪的人。

  • What an odd thing to say. 這樣說太奇怪了。

  • The skirt and jacket looked a little odd together. 這裙子和夾克搭配看上去有點怪。

  • That's odd - I'm sure I put my keys in this drawer and yet they're not here. 真奇怪——我肯定把鎖匙放進這個抽屜了，可是卻不見了。

  • It's odd that no one's seen him. 奇怪的是沒人見過他。

  • It must be odd to go back to your home town after forty years away. 離開40年後回到家鄉一定感覺很奇怪。

• 1 not happening often -- 不常發生的；不經常的

  • She does the odd teaching job but nothing permanent. 她有時教教課，但並不固定。

  • You get the odd person who's rude to you but they're generally quite helpful. 你不巧遇到了一個對你粗魯的人，不過他們一般是相當樂於助人的。

• 2 (of numbers) not able to be divided exactly by two -- 奇數的，單數的

  • 3, 5, and 7 are all odd numbers. 3， 5， 7都是奇數。

  • The houses on this side of the street all have odd numbers. 街道這邊的房子都是單號的。

• 3 (of something that should be in a pair or set) separated from its pair or set -- （指一對或一組事物中）單個的，單只的，不成對的

  • He's got a whole drawer full of odd socks. 他有一抽屜的單只襪子。

  • I'd got a few odd (= I had various) balls of wool left over. 我有幾個花色不同的、織毛衣剩下的毛線團。

• 4 used after a number, especially a number that can be divided by ten, to show that the exact number is not known -- （尤用於可被10整除的數字後）大約，…多一點

  • I'd say Robert's about 40-odd - maybe 45. 我猜羅伯特大約有40幾歲——也許45歲。