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Oddity N Count 可数名词 Strange 英 ɒdəti] 美 ɑːdəti N.古怪;奇异;怪人;怪事

英语单词 oddity
英美音标 英 ['ɒdəti] 美 ['ɑːdəti]
中文释义 n.古怪;奇异;怪人;怪事
英语例句 (1) I was puzzled by the oddity of her behaviour.
(2) He suddenly realized the oddity of her remark and blushed.
(3) He's something of an oddity in the neighbourhood.
中文例句 (1) 她行为古怪我感到莫名其妙。
(2) 他突然明白了她言辞的古怪,脸唰的一下红了。
(3) 左邻右舍都觉得他是个怪人。
vocabulary简明 An oddity is anything strange or unusual. Wearing ear muffs during a heat wave would be considered an oddity, because most people wouldn't do that.
vocabulary扩展 Anything odd is weird, strange, unusual, or bizarre. Oddities are things like that. Calling good friends "sir" would be an oddity, since that word is usually used in formal situations. Oddities can also be objects, especially unusual objects or souvenirs someone might collect.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]怪人;怪事 An oddity is someone or something that is very strange.
  • Losing my hair made me feel an oddity...

    脱发使我觉得自己是个怪人。

  • Carlson noticed another oddity; his plant had bloomed twice.

    卡尔森注意到另外一件怪事:他的植物开了两次花。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]奇怪;古怪;奇特 The oddity of something is the fact that it is very strange.
  [usu the N of n]
  • ...the oddities of the Welsh legal system.

    威尔士法律体系的奇特之处

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