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

The first motorcycle was a steam powered oddity built by Sylvester Roper in1869.
第一摩托车蒸汽动力古怪建造的西尔维斯特罗佩尔于1869年。
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。
Another little oddity exists with the Rails'use of singular and plural names for various things.
另一个稍微古怪的方面是，Rails为不同的内容使用单数和复数的名称。
From his weird behaviour, he seems a bit of an oddity.
从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
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。
Running JavaScript on the server is not some oddity.
在服务器端运行JavaScript并不是什么怪事。
Another oddity is in junk bonds.
另一件怪事是垃圾债券。
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。
Its oddity and complexity makes its communicating functions weaken and is thus on the brink of extinction.
它的奇异和复杂，使得交际功能大为减弱，濒于消亡。
I noticed the oddity of his behaviour.
我注意到他的行为古怪。