stranger

Word family  noun stranger strangeness estrangement adjective strange estranged adverb strangely

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++strang·er /ˈstreɪndʒə $ -ər/ ●●○ W2 noun [countable]  1  NOT KNOWsomeone that you do not know 陌生人 Children must not talk to strangers. 小孩子千万不要同陌生人说话。perfect/complete/total stranger (=used to emphasize that you do not know them) 完全陌生的人 Julie finds it easy to speak to complete strangers. 朱莉觉得和素不相识的人讲话不是难事。 ► Do not use stranger to mean ‘a person from another country’. Use foreigner or, more politely, say that someone is from abroad/overseas.不要用 stranger 指外国人，而要用 foreigner，更为礼貌的说法是 from abroad/overseas。2  be no stranger to something EXPERIENCEDto have had a lot of a particular kind of experience 有过很多某事的经历，对某事并不陌生 a politician who is no stranger to controversy 对争论习以为常的政客3  NOT KNOWsomeone in a new and unfamiliar place 异乡人；外地人；新来者 ‘Where’s the station?’ ‘Sorry, I’m a stranger here myself.’ “车站在哪里？”“对不起，我也是外地人。”4. hello, stranger!stranger! hello spoken used to greet someone who you have not seen for a long time 你好，陌生人！ 嗨，久违了！〔用于跟好久不见的人打招呼〕5. don’t be a stranger! spoken used when someone is leaving to invite them back to see you soon 别一走就杳无音讯！尽快回来聚聚！n COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa complete/perfect/total stranger (=used to emphasize that you do not know the person)Really, I don't know why I'm revealing all this to a complete stranger.a virtual stranger (=someone you hardly know)I hadn't seen him for so long that he seemed like a virtual stranger.a passing stranger (=one you pass in the street)Do not give your camera to a passing stranger and ask him to take a picture of you.a mysterious strangerShe never knew who the mysterious stranger was who had helped her that night.

Examples from the Corpus

stranger• Begin by watching yourself for half an hour each day as if you are a stranger.• Violence in the home is as much a crime as violence from a stranger, so do not put up with it.• The people I stayed with were very kind, so I didn't feel like a stranger for long.• With no knowledge of the language or people, he is truly a stranger in a strange land.• Many of the farming families have lived here for hundreds of years, and tend to treat everyone else as strangers.• Instead we might have been strangers.• The boy was a complete stranger to me.• Carly, don't ever take candy from strangers.• Student volunteers are relying on home hospitality from strangers, supporters who are supplying free rooms for the summer.• The room was full of strangers.• People nudged one another and nodded at this tall stranger, conspicuous in his limp white suit and dark shirt.• The stranger began a series of intonations, breathing noisily.• After assuming office, he was reluctant to use the existing speech writers because they were strangers to him.perfect/complete/total stranger• Have you gone mad, talking of marrying a total stranger - and a foreigner - after five minutes?• Honest, to a total stranger he said all that!• Ten days in an alien village with a total stranger and her totally strange family.• The approach was to build one committed team from a group of total strangers.• Malouf is fascinated by the sometimes violent impact that complete strangers can have upon our lives.• They put money on the table, too, perfect strangers expressing unmistakable monetary interest in the Tonelli Nation.• It was the perfect excuse for ringing up complete strangers and asking all sort of personal questions.Origin stranger (1300-1400) Old French estrangier, from estrange; → STRANGE1

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stranger
strang‧er S2 W2 /ˈstreɪndʒə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. someone that you do not know:
    Children must not talk to strangers.
    perfect/complete/total stranger (=used to emphasize that you do not know them)
    Julie finds it easy to speak to complete strangers.
  ► Do not use stranger to mean ‘a person from another country’. Use foreigner or, more politely, say that someone is from abroad/overseas.
2. be no stranger to something to have had a lot of a particular kind of experience:
    a politician who is no stranger to controversy
3. someone in a new and unfamiliar place:
    ‘Where’s the station?’ ‘Sorry, I’m a stranger here myself.’
4. hello, stranger! spoken used to greet someone who you have not seen for a long time
5. don’t be a stranger! spoken used when someone is leaving to invite them back to see you soon
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ adjectives
   ▪ a complete/perfect/total stranger (=used to emphasize that you do not know the person) Really, I don't know why I'm revealing all this to a complete stranger.
   ▪ a virtual stranger (=someone you hardly know) I hadn't seen him for so long that he seemed like a virtual stranger.
   ▪ a passing stranger (=one you pass in the street) Do not give your camera to a passing stranger and ask him to take a picture of you.
   ▪ a mysterious stranger She never knew who the mysterious stranger was who had helped her that night.

🔑 strang·erBrE /ˈstreɪndʒə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstreɪndʒər/ 🔊 noun🔑 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。🔊🔊◆We've told our daughter not to speak to strangers. 我们告诉女儿不要和陌生人讲话。🔊🔊◆~ to sb She remained a stranger to me. 我一直未能了解她。🔊🔊🔑 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。🔊🔊◆~ to… He must have been a stranger to the town. 他当时一定是刚到这个镇子。🔊🔊●be no/a ˈstranger to sth(formal) to be familiar/not familiar with sth 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。🔊🔊