adj.形容词
奇怪的,古怪的different from what is ordinary or expected; unusual
A单的separated from its pair or set
奇数的that can not be divided exactly by two
A临时的not regular
余下的; 零头的rather more than the stated number
Adjective:
not divisible by twonot easily explained;it is odd that his name is never mentioned
an indefinite quantity more than that specified;invited 30-odd guests
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;a curious hybrid accent
her speech has a funny twang
they have some funny ideas about war
had an odd name
the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
something definitely queer about this town
what a rum fellow
singular behavior
of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.not used up;leftover meatloaf
she had a little money left over so she went to a movie
some odd dollars left
saved the remaining sandwiches for supper
unexpended provisions
1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古北欧语的oddi，意为第三或者多余的数。
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词odd person奇怪的人odd shoe单只鞋～+介词odd of对…奇怪
近义词 queeruniquestrangepeculiar反义词 usualcommonnormalordinary
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.He is an odd man.他是一个古怪的人。
I had rather an odd experience the other day.前几天我有过非常奇怪的经历。
I threw away the odd glove.我丢弃了那只不成对的手套。
Three is an odd number.三是个奇数。
The game can't be played by an odd number of people.这个游戏不能由奇数的人玩。
He makes a living by doing odd job.他靠做临时的工作来谋生。
Here are two-odd volumes of an encyclopedia.这儿有两卷零散的百科全书。
用作表语
S+be+～I don't think he is mad but he is certainly very odd.我并不认为他是疯子,不过他的确非常怪。
用作宾语补足语
S+V+O+～I thought it odd that they should both have the same opinion.我认为他们俩的看法相同是很奇怪的。It is/was+～+of sb+to- vIt was odd of her to do that.她那样做太奇怪了。
adj.形容词
odd作“奇特的”“古怪的”解时,指因脱离正常而不标准或不合规律。odd作“奇数的”解时,常与不定冠词an连用。odd作“零头的”解时,和一个整数一起用,表示比这个整数多一些,并且odd用在数字后要加连字符号“-”。