strangeness
strangeness — 名詞
1. the feeling that something is odd, does not match what you expected, or cannot b
怪異；奇特
事物異常或難以理解的性質
the feeling that something is odd, does not match what you expected, or cannot be explained in a simple way
Vikram felt a strangeness in the air as he entered the old house.
Vikram 走進老房子時，感覺空氣中有一股怪異的氣氛。
strangeness in + noun phrase
The strangeness of the blue glow made Dario stop at the forest edge.
藍色光芒的奇特讓 Dario 在森林邊緣停下了腳步。
Jack could not explain the strangeness of the empty market at noon.
Jack 無法解釋正午時分空無一人的市場有多麼怪異。
Ayana noticed the strangeness of her cat staring at the blank wall for hours.
Ayana 注意到她的貓連續幾個小時盯著空白牆壁的怪異行為。
A deep strangeness filled the room when the music stopped all at once.
音樂突然停止時，一股深沉的怪異感充滿了整個房間。
- oddness
more informal; suggests something slightly off rather than deeply mysterious
- peculiarity
more formal; often points to a specific feature that stands out
- weirdness
very informal; carries a stronger emotional charge of unease
- bizarreness
stronger; suggests something strikingly unnatural or surreal
- normality
the state of being usual and expected
- ordinariness
the quality of being common and unremarkable
文法句型
the strangeness of + noun/gerund
a certain strangeness
用法筆記
Often describes a quality that is hard to name or pin down precisely. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about unfamiliarity rather than oddness.
常見錯誤
2. the sense that a place, person, or thing is new to you and outside what you know
陌生；生疏
因人事物不熟悉而產生的感覺
the sense that a place, person, or thing is new to you and outside what you know or recognise
The strangeness of the new city faded after Vikram had lived there for a month.
Vikram 住了一個月後，對新城市的陌生感逐漸消失了。
the strangeness of + place
Dario still remembered the strangeness of his first day at the large secondary school.
Dario 仍然記得在那所大型中學度過第一天的生疏感。
Ayana felt the strangeness of waking up in a hotel room and not knowing where she was.
Ayana 在飯店房間醒來卻不知道自己在哪裡，感受到一陣陌生。
The strangeness of meeting his birth mother after twenty years apart overwhelmed Jack.
分別二十年後與生母相見的陌生感讓 Jack 不知所措。
Walking through the unfamiliar neighbourhood, Wei accepted the strangeness as part of the adventure.
Wei 走過陌生的街區，把這份生疏感當成冒險的一部分。
- unfamiliarity
more common and neutral; the standard word for not knowing something or someone
- foreignness
emphasises that something comes from another country or culture
- newness
simpler and more positive; focuses on the freshness rather than the discomfort
- familiarity
the feeling of knowing something or someone well
文法句型
the strangeness of + place/person/situation
用法筆記
Common when describing first encounters with people, places, or customs. The feeling usually fades as you become more familiar. Distinguish from sense 1, which is about oddness rather than unfamiliarity.