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stranger

/streyn-jer/US // ˈstreɪn dʒər //UK // (ˈstreɪndʒə) //

陌生人,陌生的人,陌生的,陌路人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance: He is a perfect stranger to me.
    • : a newcomer in a place or locality: a stranger in town.
    • : an outsider: They want no strangers in on the club meetings.
    • : a person who is unacquainted with or unaccustomed to something: He is no stranger to poverty.
    • : a person who is not a member of the family, group, community, or the like, as a visitor or guest: Our town shows hospitality to strangers.
    • : Law. one not privy or party to an act, proceeding, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounperson who is unfamiliar
Forms: strangers

Examples

  • Estrada, who previously led legal and policy operations at Bird and government relations at Lyft, is no stranger to playing ball with regulatory agencies.

  • From what career you choose to what sandwich you want for lunch, we care about what our friends, families, and complete strangers think—otherwise, Yelp wouldn’t exist.

  • You brush against strangers in the street and see what reaction your touch evokes.

  • A total stranger had lost access to his bitcoin private keys—and wanted Stay’s help getting his $300,000 back.

  • In the first study, singles went on a blind date with a stranger and reported how things went.

  • When I first arrived at Duke, hooking up with a stranger seemed like a way to shed my inhibitions.

  • And his pitiless beliefs would be no stranger to the political discourse of today.

  • The rate of partner violence dwarfs the number  of women who experience sexual assault from a stranger (7%).

  • “The social convention of not talking to a stranger was fairly rigid at the time,” Weber told me.

  • As Europe closes its shores to immigrants and refugees, the pope asks for welcome of the stranger fleeing war.

  • Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.

  • None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.

  • Weimar being such a "kleines Nest (little nest)," as Liszt calls it, every stranger is immediately remarked.

  • The stranger was approaching the front entrance, Hedges was wheeling off to the back; but the former turned and spoke.

  • "I read a notice of his marriage in the public papers," continued the stranger, whose eyes were fixed on Hedges.