oddity

英 [ˈɒdəti]

美 [ˈɑːdəti]

n.  古怪反常的人(或事物); 怪现象; 古怪; 怪异; 反常

复数：oddities　

Collins.1 / BNC.13977 / COCA.13984

牛津词典

noun

• 古怪反常的人（或事物）；怪现象
  a person or thing that is strange or unusual
  1. The book deals with some of the oddities of grammar and spelling.
     这本书专讲语法和拼写方面的某些不规则现象。
• 古怪；怪异；反常
  the quality of being strange or unusual
  1. She suddenly realized the oddity of her remark and blushed.
     她突然意识到自己的话很奇怪，脸一下子红了。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 怪人；怪事
  Anoddityis someone or something that is very strange.
  1. Losing my hair made me feel an oddity...
     脱发使我觉得自己是个怪人。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 奇怪；古怪；奇特
  Theoddity ofsomething is the fact that it is very strange.
  1. ...the oddities of the Welsh legal system.
     威尔士法律体系的奇特之处

英英释义

noun

• something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
  Synonym:curiocuriosityoddmentpeculiarityrarity
• a strange attitude or habit
  Synonym:queernessquirkquirkinesscrotchet
• eccentricity that is not easily explained
  Synonym:oddness

双语例句

• From his weird behaviour, he seems a bit of an oddity.
  从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• Losing my hair made me feel an oddity
  脱发使我觉得自己是个怪人。
• They were an odd crowd who treasured their oddity.
  他们是一群怪人，并以怪为荣。
• Analysts on the conference call also pounced on another oddity.
  参加上述电话会议的分析师们还在追问另一件怪事。
• In those days a working mother was regarded as a bit of an oddity.
  在当时，一个外出工作的母亲被认为有点怪异。
• As a teetotaler, he was an oddity among journalists.
  作为一名绝对戒酒主义者，他成了记者圈中的怪人。
• The first motorcycle was a steam powered oddity built by Sylvester Roper in1869.
  第一摩托车蒸汽动力古怪建造的西尔维斯特罗佩尔于1869年。
• I was puzzled by the oddity of her behaviour.
  她行为古怪我感到莫名其妙。
• He must be an oddity, I think, said she.
  我看他一定是个古怪人，她说。
• Another oddity is in junk bonds.
  另一件怪事是垃圾债券。