Word · Frequency #25359
oddball
/ˈɒdbɒːl/
noun
怪人;古怪的人
An eccentric or unusual person.
- 1.
An eccentric or unusual person.
古怪或不寻常的人
- 2.
A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.
实验中在重复刺激中出现的异常刺激,用于触发参与者的事件相关电位。
偏差刺激;异类刺激;古怪或不寻常的人;实验中在重复刺激中出现的异常刺激,用于触发参与者的事件相关电位。;古怪的人
In use
At the corporate meeting, the new employee was seen as an oddball because of his unconventional ideas.
In our group of friends, Mike is the oddball who always wears mismatched socks.
I used to be an oddball in high school because I preferred reading over parties.
Connections
Collocations
- a bit of an oddball
- 有点古怪的人
- Our new neighbor is a bit of an oddball, but he's very kind.我们的新邻居有点古怪,但人很善良。
- social oddball
- 社交怪人
- She felt like a social oddball at the party.她觉得在聚会上自己像个社交怪人。
- class oddball
- 班上的怪人
- Everyone thinks he's the class oddball because of his weird hobbies.大家都觉得他是班上的怪人,因为他的爱好很古怪。
- lovable oddball
- 讨人喜欢的怪人
- The old man is a lovable oddball who sings to his plants.那位老人是个讨人喜欢的怪人,他会对着花草唱歌。
- real oddball
- 十足的怪人
- He is a real oddball, but that's what makes him fun.他是个十足的怪人,但这也正是他有趣的地方。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:odd(古怪)+ ball(球)→ 一个怪球,即行为古怪的人。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:casual conversation、informal writing 这个词表示“古怪的人”时通常用于口语或非正式场合,比较常见于日常闲聊或轻松的文章中,正式写作中较少使用。
Grammar Note
可数名词,复数形式为oddballs。
Pronunciation & Spelling
odd 与 oddball 的第一音节同音,均为 /ɒd/。ball、call、fall、tall、all 拼写都以 all 结尾,但读 /ɔːl/,而 oddball 标注的第二音节为 /bɒːl/,所以它们是拼写近似词,并非严格押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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