odd man

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒd man/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In a group having an odd number of people, someone with the casting vote; an arbiter.
  2. Someone who does odd jobs.
    — ‘My father always kept a dog-cart, and we had three servants. We had a cook and a housemaid and an odd man.’
  3. A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill.

词形变化

odd men plural

词源

From odd + man, probably after a Scandinavian source. Compare Old Norse odda-maðr.
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