| 单词 | stranger |
| 释义 | stranger (once / 66 pages) n A stranger is someone you don't know or who doesn't belong in a specific place. Parents tell their kids, "Don't talk to strangers." That's because strangers are people they don't know, who could be dangerous. Just like strange things are odd or weird, a stranger is unknown and therefore potentially scary. Also, anyone out of place can be considered a stranger. A fireman in a police station is a stranger, and a mascot in a scientific lab is a stranger. Either type of stranger is likely to make someone say, "Who's that?" WORD FAMILYstranger: strangers USAGE EXAMPLESThese are the questions that strangers often ask people with physical disabilities. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) We learn almost nothing about Holden before the coma, so when we meet him again 12 years later he’s basically a stranger. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) To the layperson, this is one of Big Data’s stranger qualities—that the portrait of an individual emerges from the crunched crowd. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) 1n an individual that one is not acquainted with Ant|Hyper acquaintance, friend a person with whom you are acquainted individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 2n anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper alien, unknown acquaintance, friend a person with whom you are acquainted foreigner, outsider someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group transalpineone living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy interloper, intruder, trespasser someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission |
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