strangers
strangers — 名詞
- strangerssingular
- strangersesplural
1. a person you have never met before, or someone who is not known to you personall
陌生人
不認識的人
a person you have never met before, or someone who is not known to you personally
Maeve’s mother warned her never to accept sweets from strangers on the way home.
Maeve 的媽媽警告她回家的路上絕對不能接受陌生人給的糖果。
safety warning: accept/talk to strangers
The guard checked the ID of every stranger who tried to enter the building.
警衛檢查了每一位試圖進入大樓的陌生人的證件。
Hoa felt nervous when a stranger sat next to her on the night bus.
在夜間公車上旁邊坐了一個陌生人，讓 Hoa 覺得很緊張。
In a small town, people notice when a stranger walks into the local café.
在小鎮裡，只要有一個陌生人走進當地的咖啡店，大家都會注意到。
The dog barked loudly at every stranger who passed by the front gate.
那隻狗對著每一個經過大門口的陌生人狂吠。
- unknown person
more formal and less common than 'stranger'
- new face
informal, used when a stranger joins a group of people who already know each other
- acquaintance
someone you know slightly
- friend
someone you know and like
文法句型
a stranger
strangers + verb
用法筆記
Often used in warnings aimed at children. Common collocates are 'complete' and 'total' when emphasising that the person is entirely unknown.
常見錯誤
❖ 'I saw a foreigner on the bus and asked his name.' ✅ 'I saw a stranger on the bus and asked his name.' — A foreigner is someone from another country; a stranger is someone you do not know, regardless of nationality.
2. a person finding themselves in a place or group they have never been part of bef
異鄉人
對某地方或團體不熟悉的人
a person finding themselves in a place or group they have never been part of before, where they do not yet feel at home
When Mia arrived in Oslo, she felt like a stranger in an unfamiliar city.
Mia 到奧斯陸時，覺得自己在不熟悉的城市裡像個異鄉人。
feel like a stranger + in + [place]
As a stranger in Tokyo, Mateo used hand gestures and pointing to order food.
身為東京的異鄉人，Mateo 只能靠比手畫腳來點餐。
Amani was a stranger to her husband’s customs and had to learn them slowly.
Amani 對丈夫國家的習俗很陌生，只能慢慢地學習。
After years abroad, Gabriela returned home to find she had become a stranger.
在國外待了多年之後，Gabriela 回到家鄉才發現自己已成了異鄉人。
Adina was no stranger to hard work, having helped on the farm since childhood.
Adina 對辛勤工作並不陌生，她從小就在農場幫忙。
文法句型
feel like a stranger
be a stranger to [place/group]
be no stranger to [experience]
用法筆記
The fixed expression 'be no stranger to something' means you have had a lot of experience with something and does NOT carry a negative connotation by itself.
常見錯誤
❖ 'I am a stranger to eat Japanese food.' ✅ 'I am a stranger to Japanese food.' — 'a stranger to' takes a noun phrase, not a verb.
strangers — 形容詞
- strangerspositive
- more strangerscomparative
- most strangerssuperlative
1. belonging to a different country, culture, or origin; not native or known to the
外國的
異國的；不熟悉的（古用法）
belonging to a different country, culture, or origin; not native or known to the speaker
In an old tale, a stranger knight appeared at the gate wearing unusual armour.
在一則古老的故事中，一位來自異國的騎士穿著不常見的盔甲出現在城門口。
archaic literary use: stranger + knight / land / tongue
The manuscript describes stranger lands where no explorer had ever set foot.
那份手稿描述了沒有探險家到過的陌生國度。
The king spoke in a stranger dialect that his own subjects could barely follow.
國王說了一種外地口音，連他的臣民都幾乎聽不懂。
Medieval maps marked stranger territories with drawings of sea monsters.
中世紀的地圖在陌生的土地上畫著海怪圖案。
- native
belonging to the place where one was born
文法句型
stranger + noun
用法筆記
This use of 'stranger' as an adjective is now archaic and found mainly in historical or literary texts. In modern English, 'foreign' or 'strange' is used instead.
strangers — 動詞
- strangerspresent simple I / you / we / they
- strangerses3rd person singular
- strangersing-ing form
- strangersedpast simple
1. to cause someone to feel separated or distant from someone they were previously
疏遠
使關係疏遠（古用法）
to cause someone to feel separated or distant from someone they were previously close to, so that the relationship breaks down or grows cold
The family feud strangered the two cousins for more than a decade.
那場家族恩怨讓這對表兄弟疏遠了十多年。
archaic verb pattern: stranger + object + from
Jorge’s constant lies strangered him from his closest childhood friends.
Jorge 不斷說謊，讓他疏遠了最要好的兒時朋友。
archaic verb pattern: named subject + strangered + object + from + group
The queen’s harsh words strangered her from even her most loyal advisers.
女王嚴厲的言語讓她連最忠誠的顧問都疏遠了。
The landlord Rashid’s greed strangered him from the village he had grown up in.
地主 Rashid 的貪婪使他疏遠了從小長大的村莊。
- reconcile
to bring people back together after a disagreement
文法句型
stranger + object + from + object
用法筆記
This verb form is obsolete in modern English. The standard present-day word with the same meaning is 'estrange'. You will only encounter the verb 'stranger' in very old texts.
常見錯誤
❖ 'The argument strangered them.' ✅ 'The argument estranged them.' — In modern English, use 'estrange' instead of the archaic 'stranger'.