odd作“奇特的”“古怪的”解时,指因脱离正常而不标准或不合规律。odd作“奇数的”解时,常与不定冠词an连用。odd作“零头的”解时,和一个整数一起用,表示比这个整数多一些,并且odd用在数字后要加连字符号“-”。

用作定语
▲～+n.
 He is an odd man.他是一个古怪的人。
I had rather an odd experience the other day.前几天我有过非常奇怪的经历。
I threw away the odd glove.我丢弃了那只不成对的手套。
Three is an odd number.三是个奇数。
The game can't be played by an odd number of people.这个游戏不能由奇数的人玩。
He makes a living by doing odd job.他靠做临时的工作来谋生。
Here are two-odd volumes of an encyclopedia.这儿有两卷零散的百科全书。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
 I don't think he is mad but he is certainly very odd.我并不认为他是疯子,不过他的确非常怪。
用作宾语补足语
▲S+V+O+～
 I thought it odd that they should both have the same opinion.我认为他们俩的看法相同是很奇怪的。
▲It is/was+～+of sb+to-v
It was odd of her to do that.她那样做太奇怪了。

odd, peculiar, queer, strange
参见peculiar条。

［同义词］   peculiar, queer, strange, unique
［反义词］   common, normal, ordinary, usual
［词源］＜古挪威语oddi(奇数)