Tra từ odd - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

odd AW [odd odds odder oddest] BrE [ɒd] NAmE [ɑːd] adjective (odder, oddest)

STRANGE
1. strange or unusual
• They're very odd people.
• There's something odd about that man.
•It's most odd that (= very odd that) she hasn't written.
•The odd thing was that he didn't recognize me.
•She had the oddest feeling that he was avoiding her.
compare ↑peculiar

ODD-
2. (in compounds)strange or unusual in the way mentioned
•an odd-looking house
•an odd-sounding name

NOT REGULAR/OFTEN
3. the oddonly before noun (no comparative or superlative)happening or appearing occasionally; not very regular or frequent
Syn: ↑occasional
• He makes the odd mistake— nothing too serious.

VARIOUS
4. only before noun (no comparative or superlative)of no particular type or size; various
•decorations made of odd scraps of paper

NOT MATCHING
5. usually before noun (no comparative or superlative)not with the pair or set that it belongs to; not matching
• You're wearing odd socks!

NUMBERS
6. (no comparative or superlative) (of numbers)that cannot be divided exactly by the number two
•1, 3, 5 and 7 are odd numbers.
Opp: ↑even

AVAILABLE
7. only before noun available; that sb can use
Syn: ↑spare
•Could I see you when you've got an odd moment?

APPROXIMATELY
8. (no comparative or superlative; usually placed immediately after a number)approximately or a little more than the number mentioned
•How old is she— seventy odd?
•He's worked there for twenty-odd years.
more at an odd/a queer fish at ↑fish _n.
Idiom: ↑odd man out
Derived Word: ↑oddness

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the numerical sense): from Old Norse odda-, found in combinations such as odda-mathr ‘third or odd man’, from oddi ‘angle’.

Thesaurus:
odd adj.
•There's something odd about that man.
strange • • unusual • • curious • • uncanny • • bizarre • • eccentric • • mysterious • |especially spoken funny • • weird • |BrE formal peculiar •
Opp: normal
odd/strange/unusual/curious/uncanny/bizarre/funny/weird/peculiar that…
odd/strange/curious/uncanny/funny/weird/peculiar how/what…
something odd/strange/unusual/curious/uncanny/bizarre/mysterious/funny/weird/peculiar
Odd or strange? Sb/sth that is strange can be mysterious or frightening. Sb/sth that is odd is hard to understand or not right in some way, but odd people probably won't hurt you; strange people might.

Example Bank:
•I didn't think it odd at the time.
•I find it odd that she takes so long to do that job.
•It's odd to think I will never see her again.
•There's something distinctly odd about her.
•There's something odd going on.
•It's most odd that she hasn't written.
•The odd thing was that he didn't recognize me.
•They're very odd people.