英:[ˈstreɪndʒə(r)]
美:[ˈstreɪndʒər]
英:[ˈstreɪndʒə(r)]
美:[ˈstreɪndʒər]
stran·ger
streIn jr
复数:strangers
第三人称单数:strangers
现在分词:strangering
过去式:strangered
过去分词:strangered
词根:strange
adj.strange 奇怪的;陌生的;外行的
adv.strange 奇怪地;陌生地,冷淡地
n.strangeness 陌生;冷淡;[高能] 奇异性
noun
one who is strange: such as
one in the house of another as a guest, visitor, or intruder
a person or thing that is unknown or with whom one is unacquainted
one who does not belong to or is kept from the activities of a group
one not privy or party to an act, contract, or title : one that interferes without right
one ignorant of or unacquainted with someone or something
adjective
of, relating to, or being a stranger : foreign
verb
transitive verb
estrange, alienate
stranger than fiction奇幻人生(电影名称)
perfect stranger完全不认识的人
这组词都有“陌生人,外人”的意思,其区别是:
immigrant指在别国定居并取得所在国国籍的外国人。
foreigner指在异国作短期访问或长期居住的外国人。
alien指没有成为侨居国正式公民的移民。
stranger指对当地的生活习惯、语言等不熟悉,或为某团体不熟的人,也指不认识的人。
以上来源于网络
14世纪晚期,“未知的人,外国人”,来自 strange + -er(1),或者来自古法语 estrangier “外国人”(现代法语 étranger),源自 estrange。拉丁语使用形容词 extraneus 作为名词表示“陌生人”。英语名词从未采用形容词的次要意义。作为对未知人的称呼,它记录于1817年,美国英语乡村俚语。指“停止访问的人”是从1520年代记录的。
Noun Middle English straunger, straungier "foreigner, alien, unfamiliar person, outsider," borrowed from Anglo-French estranger, estraunger "outsider, foreigner, unfamiliar person" (as adjective) "not related by blood, foreign" (also continental Middle French estrangier), from estrange "foreign, strange >entry 1" + -er, -ier -er >entry 2 Adjective from attributive use of stranger >entry 1 Verb derivative of stranger >entry 1
The first known use of stranger was in the 14th century
strangeadjective
not native to or naturally belonging in a place
not known, heard, or seen before
strange surroundings
causing surprise or wonder because not usual : noticeably unusual
strange clothes
uneasy sense 1
feels strange on the first day of school
strangernoun
one who is strange
foreigner
guest sense 1, visitor
a person with whom or a thing with which one is unacquainted
strangernoun
one who is strange
foreigner
guest sense 1, visitor
a person with whom or a thing with which one is unacquainted
1 Their eyes so intent on the wayward stranger who trips into their net, they were blind to the cobalt on their own backs, the moonshine fighting to pierce their comers.
2 She wasn’t used to brushing bodies with near strangers.
3 He'd broken so many taboos today, leaving the house, standing in the open yard, talking to a stranger.
4 She smiled at me and cooed, but I knew I would soon be a stranger to her again.
5 East of the river, strangers from across the seas were seen less seldom.
6 At any rate I have lost my diffidence, my timidity, my shyness with strangers.
7 All day long I think about Erin and how strangers are operating on her leg, cutting it open, inserting pins or whatever to mend the bones.
8 Eumaeus welcomed the poor stranger, fed him well and lodged him for the night, giving him his own thick mantle to cover him.
9 Her mother was a nurse at the hospital, counting pills, drawing blood, changing bedpans, no stranger to night and double shifts.
10 He began at once to try to get Procris to fall in love with him, a stranger, as she supposed him to be.
11 In the first place, why should some strangers down the road be at our beck and call?”
12 He looked at the stranger with distrust.
他怀疑地打量着那个陌生人.
13 “To what I came here to tell you! The ambulance just arrived and now we have a stranger in the funeral parlor,” she said excitedly.
14 He believed he had seen transmutation performed; he evidently thought it likely that the anonymous stranger who had performed it, in his presence and with his assistance, was an angel, no less.
15 The doctor and I were in the apothecary when the housekeeper showed the stranger in.
16 Apparently the stranger was not worried by the news that they meant to stay.
17 The clothes had been easy, familiar; this belonged to a stranger.
18 He walked to the stranger and placed a large hand on his shoulder.
19 At first I thought to chase after this man, the yunka stranger.
20 “I’m begging you. She’s only—” “I know who she is!” the stranger shouted, a line of spit hitting his chin.
2 生手
rookie apprentice newcomer colt tyro novitiate tenderfoot dabster raw recruit Greed hand beginner novice
5 第三者
7 来客
8 没有经验的人
9 闯入者
11 使疏远
12 不和
feudal discordant inimical inharmonious unharmonious out disaccord dispeace difference distance division breach upset distraction dislike friction variance rift misunderstanding rupture mischief discord strife pique enmity schism dissension unpleasantness discordance falling-out inharmony hassle quarrel split sever disunite unjoint set by the ears by the ears at odds at variance
13 无经验者
14 先生
moolvie teacher master professor governor sir doc rabbi beak mister esquire milord senhor monsieur herr tuan sieur bwana buckra effendi signore baas milor seignior rabbin gospodin baboo goodman
15 疏远
cold remote strange standoff standoffish offish aloof burr separate alienate disfavor estrange keep at arm length throw aside freeze off
16 外国的
foreign external strange alien exotic offshore outlandish peregrine outland gook fremd tramontane
18 新来的人
20 外国人
alien gaijin xen- guest immigrant foreigner outlander furriner auslander Uitlander tramontane ginzo wop gringo outcomer gook uitlander
21 外国
foreign external strange alien exotic offshore outlandish peregrine outland gook fremd tramontane oversea
22 一无所知的人
24 外地人