stranger

英 ['stre?n(d)??] 美['strend??]

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復(fù)數(shù):?strangers;

stranger 陌生人，新來者

strange,外來的，陌生的，-er,人。

stranger (n.): late 14c., "unknown person, foreigner," from strange + -er (1) or else from Old French estrangier "foreigner" (Modern French étranger), from estrange. Latin used the adjective extraneus as a noun to mean "stranger." The English noun never picked up the secondary sense of the adjective. As a form of address to an unknown person, it is recorded from 1817, American English rural colloquial. Meaning "one who has stopped visiting" is recorded from 1520s.

1. If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.: 如果有陌生人攔你的車，把車窗搖下一點點就行。

3. Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult.: 要對一個素昧平生的人談自己的生活經(jīng)歷是比較困難。

4. Bernard was once collared by an aggressive stranger in Soho.: 有一次，伯納德在索霍區(qū)被一個氣勢洶洶的陌生人攔住，硬要與他說話。