anomaly
/əˈnɒməli/ (bre, ipa) · /əˈnɑːməli/ (ame, ipa) · /ə-ˈnä-mə-lē/ (ame, mw)
anomaly — 名詞
- anomalysingular
- anomaliesplural
1. someone or something that seems strange because it does not fit the pattern peop
異常；反常
偏離常態、不太對勁的人或事物
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.
Linh 的報表上多出的十筆訂單，後來證明只是帳務異常。
collocation: billing anomaly
After weeks of cool weather, Sunday's heat felt like an anomaly.
在連續幾週都偏涼之後，星期天的高溫讓人覺得很反常。
pattern: feel like an anomaly
In a family of tall brothers, Cole was the one anomaly.
在一個兄弟都很高的家庭裡，Cole 就是唯一明顯反常的那一個。
The coach ignored one anomaly and trusted the team's usual form.
教練沒有理會那一次反常情況，仍然相信球隊一向的表現。
- 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.