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

• I'm definitely the oddball here, I'm the outcast.
  在这里我肯定是个古怪的人，是个被遗弃的人。
• 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。
• The more emotionally detached and unpredictable this oddball is in his actions, the more enthralled his Aquarian woman will be.
  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。
• The event-related potentials ( P300) were detected by auditory oddball paradigm in 40 patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and 30 normal controls.
  对40例糖尿病患者和30例正常对照进行了诱发电位P300的检测。
• John is an oddball? He never invites any-one.
  约翰是个怪人？他从来不招待任何人。
• The new boss is a bit of an oddball.
  新老板有点古怪。
• Jim is an oddball; he refuses to dress properly for formal occasions.
  吉姆是个怪人，他不愿穿着得体地去参加正式场合的活动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。