oddball

英 [ˈɒdbɔːl]

美 [ˈɑːdbɔːl]

n.  行为古怪者; 反常者; 怪人
adj.  古怪的

复数：oddballs　

BNC.25359 / COCA.18761

牛津词典

noun

• 行为古怪者；反常者；怪人
  a person who behaves in a strange or unusual way

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 行为古怪的人；怪人
  If you refer to someone as anoddball, you think they behave in a strange way.
  1. His mother and father thought Jim was a bit of an oddball too.
     吉姆的父母也认为他有些古怪。
  2. Oddballis also an adjective.
     
  3. I came from a family that was decidedly oddball you know.
     你要知道，我的家人个个古怪得紧。

英英释义

noun

• a person with an unusual or odd personality
  Synonym:eccentriceccentric personflakegeek

双语例句

• Michael mumford, a psychology professor at the University of Oklahoma who specializes in talent assessment, said that this sort of test was effective, but he cautioned that companies should not rely on oddball factors, even if they seemed to correlate to good performance.
  俄克拉荷马大学的心理学教授迈克专门研究如何寻觅合适人才，他指出此类测验是有效的，但是也警告说公司不能依赖不常用的衡量标准，虽然看起来同优秀业绩有关。
• She had a whole list of oddball phrases to describe her various states of mind.
  她有一系列古怪的用语来形容她不同的心境。
• Why did Cruella throw oddball away?
  为什么黑心娜娜把奇球扔掉了？
• Our neighbor be a real oddball--he never talk to anyone
  我们的邻居真是一个怪胎&他从不跟任何人说话
• It was the right place for them, actually, the right kind of setting so I guess that made me sort of the oddball.
  那里是他们该待的地方，实际上这是一种正确的布置，我猜，这种想法可能会让我变成一个古怪的人。
• The self-described comic book fan said she began drafting her thesis on quasicrystals& a subset of crystals that diverge from the usual structural characteristics of crystals. Berns quickly concluded that she would be best able to describe the oddball compounds with illustrations.
  当她开始起草关于准晶体的论文时，自称漫画迷的她很快意识到她可以通过绘图的方式更好的讲解这些古怪的化合物。准晶体是一种从普通晶体分化出来的子晶体。
• If he's surrounded by a constant entourage of friends and admirers, she's instantly intrigued. The more emotionally detached and unpredictable this oddball is in his actions, the more enthralled his Aquarian woman will be.
  若他周围有一群忠实的朋友以及仰慕者，她马上会被其迷住。他的感情越疏远、举止越古怪得让人捉摸不透，反而更能让水瓶座女性迷上他。
• The more emotionally detached and unpredictable this oddball is in his actions, the more enthralled his Aquarian woman will be.
  他的感情越疏远、举止越古怪得让人捉摸不透，反而更能让水瓶座女性迷上他。
• Why was oddball so happy that day?
  为什么奇球那天特别开心？
• I'm definitely the oddball here, I'm the outcast.
  在这里我肯定是个古怪的人，是个被遗弃的人。