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

• 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。
• The last line is an oddity: For whatever reason, the function port?
  最后一行有点古怪，不知道由于什么原因，SSAX所用的函数port？
• Here are two stories not having to do with death per se that may help us get a feel for the oddity of trying to disregard these facts.
  下面有两个和死亡本身无关的故事，可能会让我们感觉到，试图无视这些事实的奇怪之处。
• Here is the oddity: if you ask Schwab what is happening to the conference business now, it does not seem to have been seriously disrupted at all. Far from it.
  奇怪的是：如果你问施瓦布，会议业现在正在发生什么事情，你会发现这个行业似乎根本没有被严重颠覆&远远谈不上。
• 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。
• A genteel eccentric, an amusing oddity.
  一个彬彬有礼、惹人发笑的怪人。
• 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。
• 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。
• Its oddity and complexity makes its communicating functions weaken and is thus on the brink of extinction.
  它的奇异和复杂，使得交际功能大为减弱，濒于消亡。
• That's not the only oddity.
  不光是这个不对劲。