单词 | alien |
释义 | Word Frequency alien(ˈeɪljən, ˈeɪlɪən) noun 1. a person owing allegiance to a country other than that in which he or she lives; foreigner 2. any being or thing foreign to the environment in which it now exists 3. (in science fiction) a being from another world, sometimes specifically an extraterrestrial adjective 4. unnaturalized; foreign 5. having foreign allegiance alien territory 6. unfamiliar; strange an alien quality in a work of art 7. (postpositive; and foll by to) repugnant or opposed (to) war is alien to his philosophy 8. (in science fiction) of or from another world verb 9. (transitive) rare to transfer (property, etc) to another Derived forms alienage (ˈeɪljənɪdʒ, ˈeɪlɪə-) noun Word origin C14: from Latin aliēnus foreign, from alius other |
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