| 词汇 | oddball |
| 释义 | oddball noun[ C ] informaluk /ˈɒd.bɔːl/ us /ˈɑːd.bɑːl/ a person whose behaviour is unusual and strange古怪的人，怪异的人 Synonyms eccentric flake(PERSON)mainly USinformal sometimes offensive weirdoinformaldisapproving Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people alien anomaly anti-alien Bermuda Triangle corn circle flake grotesque kook kryptonite loiterer Martian pervert quirk screwball sicko sociopath sociopathic space cadet spaceman whack job oddball adjective[ before noun ] informaluk /ˈɒd.bɔːl/ us /ˈɑːd.bɑːl/ (of behaviour ) unusual and strange: 古怪的；离奇的 The oddball superstar's habits include watching TV with his chimpanzee. She has made a successful career out of her oddball humour . Synonym eccentric(STRANGE) The show has featured a series of oddball characters. He made his directorial debut in an oddball modern comedy. The series aired last year with a somewhat oddball cast. Strange, suspicious and unnatural aberrant aberrantly abnormal abnormally add freakishly freakishness funnily funnily enoughidiom ghostliness perversely perversity perverted pervy presence wack wackadoodle wackily wackiness wacky oddball | American Dictionaryoddball noun[ C ] us/ˈɑdˌbɔl/ a person whose behavior is unusual and strange Examples of oddballoddball Essentially it means that we'll want to embrace the oddball examples rather than dismiss them from consideration. Other theories may be mentioned as historical asides or oddball suggestions without discussion of their potential value. It has made it clear that there is no desire to deal with oddballs here and there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I often find that employers see returning volunteers rather as oddballs for having spent two years abroad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want to educate oddballs, we want to educate people capable of making good films which, moreover, will sell. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English One of the difficulties with that is that, every so often, there is what one might call an oddball inspector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The employer does not have to dismiss him and can put up with the oddball among his work force. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have discovered that an extraordinary committee of probation officers, sociologists and oddballs decides about cautions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we are not conjuring up some oddball remedy out of thin air. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A person who sits alone for hours doing nothing scores two points—another oddball idea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is rather an oddball organisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That may seem an oddball idea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is very often the oddball who appeals to some other oddball who has money who turns out to be the most successful entrepreneur of all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Amidst minting $2 and $5 coins, it also issued an oddball $3 note in between the dollar coins as part of the same series. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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