每日口語(4.9):He is wearing an odd pair of stockings

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He is wearing an odd pair of stockings.
    他穿的襪子不是一對的。
    “不是一對的,不是一雙的”,這個表達(dá)方式來自于odd這個詞的最初含義:奇數(shù)的,非偶數(shù)的。之后,慢慢演變?yōu)檫@個詞的其他含義,“不成對的,單只的”(Being one of an incomplete pair or set),“掛零的,零散的”(Remaining after others have been paired or grouped)。
    例句:
    I threw away the odd glove. 我把那只不成對的手套扔了。
    One, three, five are odd numbers. 1,3,5是奇數(shù)。
    Everybody gets two hamburgers and I get the odd one.
    大家都拿到2個漢堡,我得到剩下的1個。