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

Here are two stories not having to do with death per se that may help us get a feel for the oddity of trying to disregard these facts.
下面有两个和死亡本身无关的故事，可能会让我们感觉到，试图无视这些事实的奇怪之处。
That's not the only oddity.
不光是这个不对劲。
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。
Even today a man who stays at home to look after the children is regardedas something of an oddity.
即使在今天人们仍认为在家照看孩子的男人是个怪人。
Another oddity is in junk bonds.
另一件怪事是垃圾债券。
He must be an oddity, I think, said she.
我看他一定是个古怪人，她说。
Another oddity has been the recent performance of gold.
另外一件出奇的事是最近黄金的表现。
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。
A genteel eccentric, an amusing oddity.
一个彬彬有礼、惹人发笑的怪人。
Analysts on the conference call also pounced on another oddity.
参加上述电话会议的分析师们还在追问另一件怪事。