estranged
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++es·tranged /ɪˈstreɪndʒd/ adjective 1. somebody’s estranged husband/wife someone’s husband or wife whom they are no longer living with, used especially in newspaper reports 某人已分居的丈夫/妻子〔尤用于新闻报道中〕2 SEPARATEno longer seeing or talking to a relative or good friend, because of an argument 〔因争吵而与亲戚或好友〕疏远的，不再联系的estranged from Mill became estranged from his family after the marriage. 米尔结婚后便与家人疏远了。3 CONNECTED WITHno longer feeling any connection with something that used to be important in your life 〔与曾经珍视的事物〕脱离的，决裂的 SYN alienatedestranged from young adults who feel estranged from the church 感到脱离了教会的青年人 —estrangement noun [countable, uncountable]Examples from the Corpus
estranged• Strange, then, that Spielberg's grown-up Peter must recover his original, youthful estranged family.• In 1975, he wrote a formal letter to his estranged father.• We provide support to people who are estranged from their families.• She'd been to visit her estranged husband at the house the couple used to share at Hardwicke.• He is hoping for a reconciliation with his estranged wife Hillary.• He also packed a mean punch, according to his estranged wife Sheila.• A husband was jailed for attacking a man he found making love to his estranged wife.estranged from• Nagle said she had been estranged from her father for 14 years.• Simmons gradually became estranged from the religious group.es·tranged adjectiveChineseSyllable
wife whom or they someone’s are longer husband Corpus no
estranged
es‧tranged /ɪˈstreɪndʒd/
adjective
2. no longer seeing or talking to a relative or good friend, because of an argument
estranged from
Mill became estranged from his family after the marriage.
3. no longer feeling any connection with something that used to be important in your life
SYN alienated
estranged from
young adults who feel estranged from the church
—estrangement noun [uncountable and countable]
es‧tranged /ɪˈstreɪndʒd/
adjective Word Family: noun: stranger, strangeness, estrangement; adjective: strange, estranged; adverb: strangely
1. sb’s estranged husband/wife someone’s husband or wife whom they are no longer living with, used especially in newspaper reports2. no longer seeing or talking to a relative or good friend, because of an argument
estranged from
3. no longer feeling any connection with something that used to be important in your life
SYN alienated
estranged from
—estrangement noun [uncountable and countable]