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单词 oddball
释义
oddball
noun[C]
informal
uk
/ˈɒd.bɔːl/us
/ˈɑːd.bɑːl/
apersonwhosebehaviourisunusualandstrange
古怪的人，怪异的人
Synonyms
eccentric
flake(PERSON)mainlyUSinformalsometimesoffensive
weirdoinformaldisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
  • alien
  • anomaly
  • anti-alien
  • Bermuda Triangle
  • corn circle
  • eccentric
  • fairy
  • flake
  • kook
  • kryptonite
  • loiterer
  • Martian
  • masochist
  • mutant
  • pervert
  • sociopath
  • space cadet
  • taniwha
  • Tardis
  • time traveller
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oddball
adjective[before noun]
informal
uk
/ˈɒd.bɔːl/us
/ˈɑːd.bɑːl/
(ofbehaviour)unusualandstrange:
The oddball superstar'shabitsincludewatchingTV with hischimpanzee.
She has made asuccessfulcareerout of her oddballhumour.
Synonym
eccentric(STRANGE)
More examples
  • The show hasfeaturedaseriesof oddballcharacters.
  • He made hisdirectorialdebutin an oddballmoderncomedy.
  • Theseriesairedlastyearwith asomewhatoddballcast.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
  • aberrant
  • abnormal
  • abnormally
  • add
  • Alice-in-Wonderland
  • freakishness
  • funnily
  • funnily enoughidiom
  • ghostliness
  • ghoul
  • perversely
  • perversity
  • perverted
  • pervy
  • presence
  • wack
  • wackadoodle
  • wackiness
  • wacky
  • warped
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(Definition ofoddballfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
oddball
noun[C]
informal
uk
/ˈɒd.bɔːl/us
/ˈɑːd.bɑːl/
apersonwhosebehaviourisunusualandstrange
古怪的人，怪异的人

oddball| American Dictionary

oddball
noun[C]
us
/ˈɑdˌbɔl/
apersonwhosebehaviorisunusualandstrange
(Definition ofoddballfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoddball

oddball
Essentially it means that we'll want to embrace theoddballexamples rather than dismiss them from consideration.
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Other theories may be mentioned as historical asides oroddballsuggestions without discussion of their potential value.
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It has made it clear that there is no desire to deal with oddballs here and there.
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I often find that employers see returning volunteers rather as oddballs for having spent two years abroad.
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We do not want to educate oddballs, we want to educate people capable of making good films which, moreover, will sell.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
One of the difficulties with that is that, every so often, there is what one might call anoddballinspector.
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The employer does not have to dismiss him and can put up with theoddballamong his work force.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have discovered that an extraordinary committee of probation officers, sociologists and oddballs decides about cautions.
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Therefore, we are not conjuring up someoddballremedy out of thin air.
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A person who sits alone for hours doing nothing scores two points—anotheroddballidea.
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It is rather anoddballorganisation.
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They are the real oddballs; they are the odd ones out, the only ones who believe the future of a sophisticated industry can be left to the market.
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That may seem anoddballidea.
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It is very often theoddballwho appeals to some otheroddballwho has money who turns out to be the most successful entrepreneur of all.
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Amidst minting $2 and $5 coins, it also issued anoddball$3 note in between the dollar coins as part of the same series.
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