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

• 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。
• We have gotten so used to Beyonc é, it may be hard to grasp what an oddball she is, how different her approach to rhythm, melody and harmony are to those of previous generations.
  我们太习惯于碧昂斯的唱腔了，所以可能没有想过她其实是个多么古怪的歌手，她对节奏、旋律和和声的把握与之前几代音乐人是多么不同。
• Hospice and University are also oddball in this sense, but the effect that they produce, and the cost of the building, are just not enough to make them serious game disturbances.
  从这点看收容所和大学也是古怪建筑，但是其产生的作用和建造成本不足以导致严重的游戏变化。
• But because of a computer foulup, Greenwich Village police didn't believe Daniel Valencia and nearly wrote him off as another oddball.
  可是由于电脑错误，格林威治村警方不相信瓦伦西亚，几乎将他视为又一个神经病。
• Why was oddball so happy that day?
  为什么奇球那天特别开心？
• His brother is a real oddball.
  他的兄弟真是一个怪人。
• 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。
• One more oddball idea is equally interesting.
  还有一个古怪的想法也同样有趣。
• 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。