oddity 详细解释

oddity

['ɔditi]

n.古怪, 奇异,怪人, 怪事

n.

1. 奇特, 古怪[U]

2. 怪人; 怪事[C]

A career woman is still regarded as something of an oddity.

职业妇女仍然多少被认为有点怪。

3. 怪癖[C]

词形变化

名词复数: oddities |

词义辨析

同义参见:

abnormality  curiosity  exception  original  eccentricity  novelty  monster  

英英释义

名词 oddity:

eccentricity that is not easily explained

同义词:oddness

a strange attitude or habit

同义词:queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet

something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

同义词:curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity

补充

oddityoddity英:[ˈɔditi] 美:[ˈɑdɪti]n.1.奇特, 古怪2.怪人, 怪事, 怪异的事物

例句

1. a shop devoted to oddities: rubber fruit, explosive cigars专卖稀奇古怪东西的商店, 如橡胶水果、炸弹香烟 2. A career woman is still regarded by some as something of an oddity.现在仍然有人把职业女性看作怪人一般。 3. A non-euro EU member will be an oddity.一个不使用欧元的欧盟成员国将成为异类。 4. His only oddity was a fascination with computer games.他唯一的怪癖就是迷恋计算机游戏。 5. the oddities of the Welsh legal system威尔士法律体系的奇特之处 6. They like his beauty, his oddity, and his sense of humour.他们喜爱他的美貌、他的古怪和他的幽默感。 7. she was regarded as a bit of an oddity.她被看作是个有点儿古怪的人。 8. realizing the oddity of the remark, he retracted it.他意识到自己说的话太怪,赶紧收回。 9. Her shyness makes her a bit of an oddity in the business world.她很腼腆,这在商界让人觉得她有些古怪。 10. The zoo has such oddities as anteaters and platypuses.这个动物园有诸如食蚁兽、鸭嘴兽之类的稀奇动物。 11. "the oddity [=oddness, strangeness] of the situation"时局之奇特