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

• 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。
• It acted as a means of seeing who this funny, oddball philosopher really was, and who I needed to become.
  它成为一种途径，通过它能发现这个可笑而古怪的哲学家的真正面目，以及我将要成为的那种人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• One more oddball idea is equally interesting.
  还有一个古怪的想法也同样有趣。
• Put those words in a sentence or form your own associations to them, no matter how oddball they may seem.
  尽管可能很古怪，但用这些单词造句或形成你对他们的独特联想却是一种很好的记忆方法。
• The new boss is a bit of an oddball.
  新老板有点古怪。
• 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。