stranger
noun /ˈstreɪndʒə(r)/
/ˈstreɪndʒər/
Idioms - 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。
- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- perfect
- total
- …
- stranger to
- a stranger here
- a stranger in these parts
- a stranger to these parts
- …
- There was a complete stranger sitting at my desk.
- 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。
- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- perfect
- total
- …
- stranger to
- a stranger here
- a stranger in these parts
- a stranger to these parts
- …
- Sorry, I don't know where the bank is. I'm a stranger here myself.
词源late 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。
- He is no stranger to controversy.