Stranger
['streɪn(d)ʒə] or ['strendʒɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found.
(noun.) an individual that one is not acquainted with.
手打:莎伦--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.
(n.) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
(n.) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
(n.) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
(n.) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
(n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.
(v. t.) To estrange; to alienate.
編輯:梅尔维尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Foreigner, alien.[2]. Guest, visitor.
a. [1]. Foreign, alien.[2]. Unacquainted, unknown.
編輯:汤姆
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Foreigner, alien
ANT:Countryman, acquaintance, friend
坎迪編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- I am a stranger in London. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- You know, I'm a stranger here, so perhaps I'm not so quick at understanding what you mean as if I'd lived all my life at Milton. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The stranger insisted on making Mr. Godfrey precede him; Mr. Godfrey said a few civil words; they bowed, and parted in the street. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I now ventured to turn my head back, believing myself at a safe distance from the stranger. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- But would any of your guardians think or speak of any other guardian as a stranger? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- So have I,' said the stranger. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I am a stranger. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- These cries redoubled in intensity as the stranger approached her bed; when he took her up, Let alone! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- We want no stranger here. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- If after that you are taken, you will then be a prize; but now you are only a stranger, and have a stranger's right to safety and protection. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I see you were not,' said the stranger; an expression of quiet sarcasm playing about his mouth; 'or you have known my name. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- He had gone off at a moment's notice with this stranger, and no word has come from him since. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Another silence succeeded this short dialogue: which was again broken by the stranger. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- A spirit that was once a man could hardly feel stranger or lonelier, going unrecognized among mankind, than I feel. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I was a stranger to most of the Army of the Potomac, I might say to all except the officers of the regular army who had served in the Mexican war. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I am not under the slightest obligation to go to India, especially with strangers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Perhaps, said Darcy, I should have judged better, had I sought an introduction; but I am ill-qualified to recommend myself to strangers. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- And you are not a pining outcast amongst strangers? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- When the hour came for locking up, he supposed all strangers to be excluded for the night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Her fingers and mine can never be strangers more. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They are strangers, he said, to the words of which you speak. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- But they were strangers to our house; and Penelope doubted, in Rosanna's present state, whether strangers might not do her more harm than good. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The heat of the sun on the vessel was excessive, the company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- As a general thing, strangers who crawl in there to sleep do not get up until they are called. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- His countenance was therefore fully displayed, and its expression was calculated to impress a degree of awe, if not of fear, upon strangers. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Save these poor strangers, whom you have decoyed here. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Besides, if I was obliged to speak, I should say I was not fond of strangers coming into a town. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But this going to make acquaintance with strangers was a very different thing. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Ours is a Copious Language, and Trying to Strangers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They were strangers--emissaries from the large towns. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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