(anomalies)
If something is an ~, it is different from what is usual or expected. (FORMAL)
The British public’s wariness of opera is an ~ in Europe.
= oddity
N-COUNT
(anomalies)
If something is an ~, it is different from what is usual or expected. (FORMAL)
The British public’s wariness of opera is an ~ in Europe.
= oddity
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012