stranger
/ˈstreɪndʒə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈstreɪndʒər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstrān-jər/ (ame, mw)
stranger — 名詞
- strangersingular
- strangersplural
1. someone whose identity is unknown to you because the two of you have never met
陌生人
不認識的人
someone whose identity is unknown to you because the two of you have never met
Camila was taught never to accept sweets from a stranger.
Camila 從小被教導不可以接受陌生人給的糖果。
collocation: accept [something] from a stranger
A stranger at the bus stop asked Liang for directions to the library.
公車站的一位陌生人向 Liang 詢問圖書館的方向。
Felix felt uneasy when a stranger sat down next to him on the empty bench.
Felix 看到陌生人坐在旁邊空椅上時感到很不自在。
Anong offered her seat on the bus to a stranger carrying heavy bags.
Anong 在公車上把座位讓給一位提著沉重袋子的陌生人。
Baraka warned his children not to share personal information with strangers online.
Baraka 告誡孩子不要在網路上跟陌生人分享個人資訊。
- acquaintance
someone you know slightly but not as a close friend
- friend
a person with whom you have a close relationship
文法句型
stranger + verb
a/the stranger
用法筆記
Frequently used in safety advice and warnings directed at children ('don't talk to strangers'). The word itself carries no judgment about the person — it only describes the absence of an acquaintance.
常見錯誤
2. someone who finds themselves in a town, city, or social setting that they have n
外地人
不熟悉當地環境的人
someone who finds themselves in a town, city, or social setting that they have never experienced before
Layla felt like a stranger in the big city on her first day at work.
Layla 在大城市裡第一天上班時覺得自己是個外地人。
The villagers welcomed the stranger who arrived at their doorstep during the storm.
村民們熱情接待了暴風雨夜裡來到門口的陌生人。
Diya was a stranger to the customs of her new school during the first week.
Diya 剛入學時對新學校的規矩很不熟悉。
The small town was friendly, and no one treated Ziad as a stranger.
那個小鎮很友善，沒有人把 Ziad 當外地人看待。
Iker was a stranger to the ways of the farm when he first arrived.
Iker 初到農場時對農事一無所知。
文法句型
a stranger to [place/situation]
用法筆記
Often appears in the pattern 'a stranger to [place/situation]' to mean someone who is unfamiliar with that setting. A positive variation — 'be no stranger to [something]' — means to be very experienced or familiar with it.
常見錯誤
stranger — 形容詞
- strangerpositive
- strangerercomparative
- strangerestsuperlative
1. connected with or coming from a different country or culture; not native, famili
外國的
來自國外的；非本地的
connected with or coming from a different country or culture; not native, familiar, or well-known
Marta observed the stranger customs of the remote village with quiet curiosity.
Marta 帶著好奇靜靜觀察那座偏遠村落的外國習俗。
archaic/literary register: stranger + noun (customs)
The stranger language of the new country made Talia feel isolated at first.
新國度的陌生語言讓 Talia 起初感到很孤單。
A stranger smell drifted through the market, unlike anything the farmer had known before.
市場裡飄來一股陌生的氣味，那名農夫從來沒聞過。
The stranger rhythms of the ceremony confused the anthropologist until a guide explained them.
儀式中陌生的節奏讓那位人類學家感到困惑，直到一名導遊為他解釋。
- foreign
standard modern term; refers specifically to another country
- alien
stronger; suggests something completely different or unknown
- unfamiliar
less formal; can describe anything not previously known
- native
belonging to one's own country or place of origin
文法句型
stranger + noun
用法筆記
Rare and literary in modern English. The usual contemporary alternatives are 'foreign', 'alien', or 'unfamiliar'. This form is mostly found in older texts or poetic writing.
stranger — 動詞
- strangerpresent simple I / you / we / they
- strangers3rd person singular
- strangering-ing form
- strangeredpast simple
1. to make someone feel disconnected, unwelcome, or separated from others, especial
疏遠
使某人疏離或孤立
to make someone feel disconnected, unwelcome, or separated from others, especially from people they were once close to
The old quarrel had strangered the two brothers from one another for decades.
那場舊時的爭吵讓兩兄弟彼此疏遠了幾十年。
archaic verb; followed by 'from'
His cruel words strangered him from everyone who had once loved him.
他的惡言惡語使所有曾愛過他的人都離他而去。
The new policy strangered the officials from the very people they were meant to serve.
新政令使官員們與他們理應服務的民眾之間產生了隔閡。
Years of silence had strangered the once-close cousins from each other.
多年的沉默讓曾親近的表兄弟彼此疏遠了。
- reconcile
to restore a friendly relationship after a conflict
文法句型
stranger + object
stranger [someone] from [someone]
用法筆記
Archaic in modern English. The verbs 'estrange' and 'alienate' are the standard contemporary equivalents. Learners will almost never need to use this form actively.