anomaly
/əˈnɒməli/ (bre, ipa) · /əˈnɑːməli/ (ame, ipa) · /ə-ˈnä-mə-lē/ (ame, mw)
anomaly — noun
- anomalysingular
- anomaliesplural
1. someone or something that seems strange because it does not fit the pattern peop
someone or something that seems strange because it does not fit the pattern people usually expect
The extra ten orders on Linh's report turned out to be a billing anomaly.
collocation: billing anomaly
After weeks of cool weather, Sunday's heat felt like an anomaly.
pattern: feel like an anomaly
In a family of tall brothers, Cole was the one anomaly.
The coach ignored one anomaly and trusted the team's usual form.
- irregularity
often used when something does not follow the normal rule or pattern
- oddity
more informal and often suggests something curious or slightly strange
- outlier
mainly used for a value or case that sits far from the rest in a set
- norm
the usual pattern or standard case
- regularity
a state of happening in the expected way
文法句型
an anomaly in + data/system/pattern
see/treat something as an anomaly
用法筆記
Often used for data, results, weather, or one person or thing that does not match the rest of a group. It commonly appears in patterns like an anomaly in the data or treat something as an anomaly.