n.[C]
- 陌生人[(+to)]
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I feel strange in the presence of
strangers.
在陌生人面前,我感到不自在。
- 外地人;新来者[(+to)]
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Sorry, I don't know. I'm a
stranger here myself.
对不起,我不清楚。我对这里也不熟。
- 外行,生手;不习惯于……的人[(+to)]
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He is no
stranger to sorrow.
他饱经忧患。
I'm a
stranger to statistics.
我对统计学一窍不通。
- 外国人
短语
be a stranger to
- 对……一无所知
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He
is a stranger to our language.
他对我们的语言一窍不通。
make a stranger of
- 冷淡地对待,不把……当作人
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He
made a stranger of Tom.
他冷淡地对待汤姆。
make no stranger of
- 亲热地对待
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They
made no stranger of the new comer.
他们亲热地对待那新来的人。
You are quite a stranger.
- 好久不见了,久违了。
辨析
n.
- a person whom one does not know.
▸a person who does not know, or is not known in, a particular place.
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(stranger to)
a person entirely unaccustomed to (a feeling, experience, or situation).
- a person who is not a member or official of the House of Commons.
Etymology
ME: shortening of OFr. estrangier, from L. extraneus (see strange).