odd作“奇特的”“古怪的”解時(shí),指因脫離正常而不標(biāo)準(zhǔn)或不合規(guī)律。odd作“奇數(shù)的”解時(shí),常與不定冠詞an連用。odd作“零頭的”解時(shí),和一個(gè)整數(shù)一起用,表示比這個(gè)整數(shù)多一些,并且odd用在數(shù)字后要加連字符號(hào)“-”。

常見(jiàn)句型

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語(yǔ)

He is an odd man.

他是一個(gè)古怪的人。

I had rather an odd experience the other day.

前幾天我有過(guò)非常奇怪的經(jīng)歷。

I threw away the odd glove.

我丟棄了那只不成對(duì)的手套。

Three is an odd number.

三是個(gè)奇數(shù)。

The game can't be played by an odd number of people.

這個(gè)游戲不能由奇數(shù)的人玩。

He makes a living by doing odd job.

他靠做臨時(shí)的工作來(lái)謀生。

Here are two-odd volumes of an encyclopedia.

這兒有兩卷零散的百科全書(shū)。

用作表語(yǔ)

I don't think he is mad but he is certainly very odd.

我并不認(rèn)為他是瘋子,不過(guò)他的確非常怪。

用作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)

I thought it odd that they should both have the same opinion.

我認(rèn)為他們倆的看法相同是很奇怪的。

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It was odd of her to do that.

她那樣做太奇怪了。