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

• 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。
• 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。
• At other companies, however, oddball work setups are considered an advantage in the drive for efficiency.
  不过，也有些公司把非常规工作制视为提高效率的一种优势。
• His brother is a real oddball.
  他的兄弟真是一个怪人。
• This provides more flexible form handling and slightly better performance than a pure Domino application, but may be considered oddball by pure-J2EE developers.
  这为表单处理提供了更多的灵活性，并且比纯粹的Domino应用程序具有更好的性能，但是很多纯粹的J2EE开发人员可能会认为这种方式非常奇怪。
• John is an oddball? He never invites any-one.
  约翰是个怪人？他从来不招待任何人。
• It's all in service to the question: What does this oddball planet tell us about how the solar system, especially the rocky inner planets, evolved?
  所有涉及这项任务的人员都想问这样的问题：在关于太阳系，特别是内部为岩石的行星，是如何形成的这个问题上，这个古怪的星球将告诉我们什么呢？
• Oddball wears a beautiful ring on his tail.
  小怪在他的尾巴上戴了一枚漂亮的戒指。
• Why did Cruella throw oddball away?
  为什么黑心娜娜把奇球扔掉了？
• Are used to fielding oddball requests but sometimes the questions leave even the best of them stumped.
  帮用户解决电脑问题是电脑技术支持的主要职责，但有时用户提的问题甚至把IT精英们都给难倒了。