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

• Losing my hair made me feel an oddity
  脱发使我觉得自己是个怪人。
• Another notable oddity is that the thermal properties of this type of superfluid are different from normal superfluid properties.
  另一个引人注目的怪异之处是这种超流体的热性质与正常超流体的截然不同。
• Another little oddity exists with the Rails'use of singular and plural names for various things.
  另一个稍微古怪的方面是，Rails为不同的内容使用单数和复数的名称。
• This barber was a fellow of great oddity and humour.
  这理发师是个十分古怪而又富有幽默感的家伙。
• In the latest Project Zero builds, this oddity has been fixed to return the actual Java exception.
  在最新的ProjectZero构建版本中，这个奇怪的行为已经得到修复，将返回实际的Java异常。
• 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。
• Another oddity is in junk bonds.
  另一件怪事是垃圾债券。
• While this is an unusual local oddity, here is a map showing the different daylight saving and time zone rules in all their complicated glory.
  尽管这是个不正常的当地怪事，这是一张地图，从他们繁复的丰功伟业之中，展示出不同的日光节约和时区规范。
• Another oddity has been the recent performance of gold.
  另外一件出奇的事是最近黄金的表现。
• Even today a man who stays at home to look after the children is regardedas something of an oddity.
  即使在今天人们仍认为在家照看孩子的男人是个怪人。