oddity

英 [ˈɒdəti]

美 [ˈɑːdəti]

n. 古怪反常的人(或事物); 怪现象; 古怪; 怪异; 反常

复数：oddities　

Collins.1 / BNC.13977 / COCA.13984

牛津词典

noun

古怪反常的人（或事物）；怪现象
a person or thing that is strange or unusual
1. The book deals with some of the oddities of grammar and spelling.
  这本书专讲语法和拼写方面的某些不规则现象。
古怪；怪异；反常
the quality of being strange or unusual
1. She suddenly realized the oddity of her remark and blushed.
  她突然意识到自己的话很奇怪，脸一下子红了。

N-COUNT 怪人；怪事
Anoddityis someone or something that is very strange.
1. Losing my hair made me feel an oddity...
  脱发使我觉得自己是个怪人。
2. Carlson noticed another oddity; his plant had bloomed twice.
  卡尔森注意到另外一件怪事：他的植物开了两次花。
N-COUNT 奇怪；古怪；奇特
Theoddity ofsomething is the fact that it is very strange.
1. ...the oddities of the Welsh legal system.
  威尔士法律体系的奇特之处

noun

something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Synonym:curiocuriosityoddmentpeculiarityrarity
a strange attitude or habit
Synonym:queernessquirkquirkinesscrotchet
eccentricity that is not easily explained
Synonym:oddness

A career woman is still regarded as something of an oddity.
职业妇女仍然多少被认为有点怪。
Carlson noticed another oddity; his plant had bloomed twice.
卡尔森注意到另外一件怪事：他的植物开了两次花。
As a teetotaler, he was an oddity among journalists.
作为一名绝对戒酒主义者，他成了记者圈中的怪人。
In the latest Project Zero builds, this oddity has been fixed to return the actual Java exception.
在最新的ProjectZero构建版本中，这个奇怪的行为已经得到修复，将返回实际的Java异常。
The occurrence of Mr Lee Kuan Yew is something of an oddity.
李光耀的出现是个异数。
Even today a man who stays at home to look after the children is regardedas something of an oddity.
即使在今天人们仍认为在家照看孩子的男人是个怪人。
While this is an unusual local oddity, here is a map showing the different daylight saving and time zone rules in all their complicated glory.
尽管这是个不正常的当地怪事，这是一张地图，从他们繁复的丰功伟业之中，展示出不同的日光节约和时区规范。
Another oddity is in junk bonds.
另一件怪事是垃圾债券。
They were an odd crowd who treasured their oddity.
他们是一群怪人，并以怪为荣。
I noticed the oddity of his behaviour.
我注意到他的行为古怪。