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oddity

/od-i-tee/US // ˈɒd ɪ ti //UK // (ˈɒdɪtɪ) //

怪事,奇怪的事情,奇怪的事,奇特的事物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural odd·i·ties for 1, 3.

    • : an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.
    • : the quality of being odd; singularity, strangeness, or eccentricity.
    • : an odd characteristic or trait; peculiarity.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounabnormality
Forms: oddities

Examples

  • Each epitomized how the promise of serial victories at an oddity called college football could make Americans’ blood vessels churn and dance with hope.

  • It’s hard to think back to the Vision Fund era today, given the oddities that 2020 has brought.

  • Not only is it a real oddity—we have only found a few hundred in our galaxy—but it has some extremely rare features.

  • The "something" in this case was an oddity in the genome sequences of a number of bacteria.

  • The most obvious source of oddity will simply be the sight of someone other than Brady playing quarterback.

  • The gentle, erudite soul within a body the public considered an oddity is the contrast at the heart of “The Elephant Man.”

  • Africa was supposedly a place to avoid or, at best, an oddity to pity.

  • To that end, they partnered with oddity website Atlas Obscura over the summer to host “The School of Transgressive Placemaking.”

  • First oddity: power, open restaurants, people not in panic mode.

  • Beaching of the oarfish is a very rare occurrence—the last time it happened was 2010—so two in one week is certainly an oddity.

  • Fashion—Do not be too submissive to the dictates of fashion; at the same time avoid oddity or eccentricity in your dress.

  • Above, in the lower lofts, every conceivable human oddity was assembled in a sort of mercantile crazy quilt.

  • It is to be feared that it was taken out to be read because of its special oddity, and not put back.

  • We should like to see a Biblical Commentary from his pen; it, would be immortal on account of its straightforwardnsss and oddity.

  • The immense oddity resides in the almost exclusively typographic order of the offence.