odd

変な、奇妙な

予想したことや普通だと思うことと違っている。

やさしい英語で： Different from what you expect or consider normal.

• That is an odd noise.
• He gave me an odd look.
• Isn't it odd that both clocks stopped?

使い方： it is odd that… (It is odd that nobody answered.)

類義語： strange, unusual, peculiar

反対語： normal, usual

よく使う表現： odd smell, odd behaviour, seem odd, odd feeling

奇数の

三や五のように、二で割ると余りが出る整数を表す。

やさしい英語で： A whole number that cannot be divided into two equal whole numbers, such as three or five.

• Three is an odd number.
• Write your name on the odd pages.
• Are all these numbers odd?

反対語： even

よく使う表現： odd number, odd numbers, odd pages, odd integer

時折の、たまの

頻繁ではなく、たまに起きたり現れたりする。

やさしい英語で： Happening or appearing sometimes, but not often.

• I enjoy the odd beer.
• We get the odd visitor in winter.
• She does the odd job for her neighbours.

使い方： the odd + singular noun (I still make the odd spelling mistake.)

類義語： occasional, infrequent

反対語： frequent, regular

よく使う表現： the odd drink, the odd mistake, the odd occasion

片方だけの、不揃いの

対になるものがない、または組の他のものと合わない。

やさしい英語で： Without a matching partner, or different from the other things in a pair or set.

• I found an odd sock.
• He wore odd shoes by mistake.
• Keep the odd gloves until we find their partners.

類義語： unmatched, mismatched

反対語： matching, paired

よく使う表現： odd sock, odd socks, odd glove, odd shoes

余りの、ちょっとの

数の後に置き、その数より少し多いことを表す。

やさしい英語で： Used after a number to mean a little more than that number.

• There were twenty-odd guests.
• She has lived here for thirty-odd years.
• The repairs cost a hundred-odd pounds.

使い方： number + odd + plural noun (We invited forty-odd people.)

よく使う表現： twenty odd people, fifty odd students, thirty odd years

余り、端数

完全な組に入らず余った物。英語では普通、複数形で使う。

やさしい英語で： An extra item that does not belong to a complete set, usually mentioned in the plural.

• Keep the odds in this box.
• He sold complete sets and a few odds.
• These odds might help you finish your card collection.

類義語： leftover, extra

よく使う表現： an odd, a few odds, sell the odds

奇数

一、三、五のように、二で割ると余りが出る整数。

やさしい英語で： A whole number such as one, three, or five, which cannot be divided evenly by two.

• Put the odds in this column.
• The list contains three odds and two evens.
• She separated the odds from the evens.

類義語： odd number

反対語： even

よく使う表現： an odd, odds and evens, count the odds