oddity
n
1 [U] (also oddness) quality of being odd(1); strangeness 奇特; 古怪; 奇怪
I was puzzled by the oddity of her behaviour. 她行为古怪我感到莫名其妙.
2 [C] unusual act, event, person or thing 异常的行为、 事情、 人或东西
a grammatical oddity 语法上的怪异
He's something of an oddity in the neighbourhood, ie unusual in some ways. 左邻右舍的人觉得他有些古怪.
🗣️ 情景例句
Excuse me. My name is Richard Stewart.
对不起 我叫Richard Stewart。
If the ox falls,whet your knife.
牛一倒,快磨刀;人遭难,众人踩。
recorded for the slumbering scientist the strength of a shock that was too weak to waken him,and the direction from which it came.