| 释义 |
odd BrE /ɒd/
NAmE /ɑːd/► SEE ALLodd jobsthe odd man/one outan odd/a queer fish
●ˌodd ˈjobsvarious small, practical tasks, repairs, etc. in the home, often done for other people 零工；杂活；（家务）琐事◆I’ve got some odd jobs to do around the apartment; the bedroom door needs to be painted and the light fixed.
家里有些七零八碎的事要做，卧室的门需要油漆，灯也得修理。▸ ˌodd-ˈjob man noun (especially BrE)
a person who is employed to do odd jobs 打零工的人；干杂活的人●the odd man/one ˈouta person or thing that is different from others or does not fit easily into a group or set 与众不同的人（或物）；不合群的人；异类◆That’s the problem with 13 people in a group. If you need to work in pairs, there’s always an odd one out.
13 个人一组就有这个问题，如果要进行对子活动，总有一个人落单。◆Tom is nearly always the odd man out. He never wants to do what we want to do, or go where we want to go.
汤姆总是跟大家合不来，我们想做的事他不愿意做，我们想去的地方他不愿意去。●an ˌodd/a ˌqueer ˈfish (old-fashioned, BrE) a strange person 怪人◆He’s an odd fish. He’s got a lot of very strange ideas.他是个怪人，有很多奇怪的想法。 |