oddness

1. See also: He'd always been odd, but not to this extent... What an odd coincidence that he should have known your family... Something odd began to happen. odd-looking
2. ADJ （用于名词前）少量的，微小的，不重要的
   You use odd before a noun to indicate that you are not mentioning the type, size, or quality of something because it is not important.
   1. ...moving from place to place where she could find the odd bit of work...
      她为了找到点儿零散活计不断地搬来搬去
   2. He had various odd cleaning jobs around the place...
      他在这附近干过各种零碎的保洁工作。
   3. I knew that Alan liked the odd drink.
      我知道艾伦喜欢偶尔喝点酒。
3. ADV （用于数字后）大约，左右，略多
   You use odd after a number to indicate that it is only approximate.
   1. How many pages was it, 500 odd?...
      这有多少页，500来页？
   2. He has now appeared in sixty odd films...
      他迄今演过60多部影片。
   3. 'How long have you lived here?' — 'Twenty odd years.'
      “你在这里住多久了？”——“20多年了。”
4. ADJ 奇数的；单数的
   Odd numbers, such as 3 and 17, are those which cannot be divided exactly by the number two.
   1. The odd numbers are on the left as you walk up the street...
      沿这条街走，在左边的是单号。
   2. There's an odd number of candidates.
      候选人总数为单数。
5. ADJ 不同类的；不成对的；单只的
   You say that two things are odd when they do not belong to the same set or pair.
   1. I'm wearing odd socks today by the way.
      顺便提一下，我今天穿的袜子不成对。
6. PHRASE 与集体不合的人；剩下孤零零的一人；异类
   The odd man out ,the odd woman out, or the odd one out in a particular situation is a person who is different from the other people in it.
   1. Azerbaijan has been the odd man out, the one republic not to hold democratic elections...
      阿塞拜疆没有举行民主选举，是这些共和国中的异类。
   2. Mark and Rick were the odd ones out in claiming to like this cherry beer.
      只剩下马克和里克声称喜欢喝这种樱桃啤酒。
7. See also: odds odds and ends

1. I hope the youngling can experience the mystery and oddness from the ocean.
   我希望年轻人能够体验海洋的神秘和奇妙。
2. Those figures fully manifest the most marked characteristic of deformation art, i. e. their weirdness and oddness.
   这些形象充分显示了变形艺术的最突出的特征，即形象的怪诞、离奇。
3. Some diaries merit reading simply out of their oddness.
   有些日记值得一读，仅仅是因为它们有些古怪。
4. Why the feeling of oddness?
   为什么会有这种奇怪的感觉？
5. Is there a consistent underlying explanation for their oddness?
   那么他们的古怪能否得到一以贯之的根本解释？
6. On Oddness in Package Design
   谈包装装潢设计的求奇
7. The contradictions and oddness in Autumn Night have been the key points for researchers to explain.
   《秋夜》的矛盾与奇鹜，历来是研究者解读的重点。
8. Oddness and Practice of Art Castings in Lost Foam Casting
   消失模艺术铸造拾零与实践
9. The Discussion About the Oddness of Functional Matrix
   函数矩阵的奇异性初探

noun

1. eccentricity that is not easily explained

   Synonym:    oddity

2. the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two)