stranger

noun

/ˈstreɪndʒə(r)/

/ˈstreɪndʒər/

Idioms

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a person that you do not know陌生人
- There was a complete stranger sitting at my desk.我书桌前坐着一个从未见过的陌生人。
- They got on well together although they were total strangers.尽管以前素未谋面，但他们相处融洽。
- Why should a perfect (= complete) stranger ever help me out? 为什么一个完全陌生的人要帮我？
- We've told our daughter not to speak to strangers.我们告诉女儿不要和陌生人讲话。
- stranger to somebody She remained a stranger to me.我一直未能了解她。
Extra Examples
- He was a complete stranger to me.他对我来说完全是陌生人。
- His years abroad had made him almost a stranger with his family.他多年在国外，对家人几乎有些陌生。
- She said that I would meet a mysterious stranger.她说我会遇到一个神秘的陌生人。
- He was tired of being accosted by strangers in the street.他厌倦了在街上被陌生人搭讪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- complete
- perfect
- total
- …
preposition
- stranger to
phrases
- a stranger here
- a stranger in these parts
- a stranger to these parts
- …
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a person who is in a place that they have not been in before外地人；新来者
- Sorry, I don't know where the bank is. I'm a stranger here myself.对不起，我不知道银行在哪儿。我不是本地人。
- stranger to… He must have been a stranger to the town.他当时一定是刚到这个镇子。
Extra Examples
- You're a stranger here, aren't you?你是新来的，对吧？
- She was a stranger to the place.她对这个地方不熟悉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- complete
- perfect
- total
- …
preposition
- stranger to
phrases
- a stranger here
- a stranger in these parts
- a stranger to these parts
- …
See full entry

Word Originlate Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangier, from Latin extraneus ‘external, strange’.

Idioms

be no/a stranger to something

(formal) to be familiar/not familiar with something because you have/have not experienced it many times before熟悉（或不熟悉）某事；习惯（或不习惯）某事
- He is no stranger to controversy.他对争论见得多了。