strangers

英 [ˈstreɪndʒəz]

美 [ˈstreɪndʒərz]

n.  陌生人; 外地人; 新来者
stranger的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 陌生人
  Astrangeris someone you have never met before.
  1. Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult...
     要对一个素昧平生的人谈自己的生活经历是比较困难。
  2. Sometimes I feel like I'm living with a stranger.
     有时我觉得自己和一个陌生人生活在一起。
• N-PLURAL 互不相识的人
  If two people arestrangers, they do not know each other.
  1. The women knew nothing of the dead girl. They were strangers.
     女人们都对死去的女孩一无所知。她们互不相识。
• N-COUNT 外乡人;外地人
  If you are astrangerin a place, you do not know the place well.
  1. 'You don't know much about our town, do you?'—'No, I'm a stranger here.'
     “你不太了解我们这个镇，是吗？”——“是的，我是外地人。”
• N-COUNT 生手;外行;(对…)一无所知的人
  If you are astranger tosomething, you have had no experience of it or do not understand it.
  1. He is no stranger to controversy...
     他是个颇具争议的人物。
  2. We were both strangers to diplomatic life.
     我们俩在外交方面都是生手。
• See also:strange

You do not usestrangerto talk about someone who comes from a country which is not your own. You can refer to him or her as aforeigner, but this word can sound rather rude. It is better to talk aboutsomeone from abroad.
指非本国人不能用 stranger，要用foreigner，但 foreigner 一词听起来很不礼貌。更恰当的说法是 someone from abroad。

双语例句

• A large group of undesirable strangers crashed her party.
  一大群不受欢迎的陌生人不请自来，搅了她的聚会。
• I don't like strangers who ask impertinent questions.
  我不喜欢冒昧提问的陌生人。
• She is always bashful among strangers.
  她和生人在一起，总是忸忸怩怩。
• People did not teach their children to be wary of strangers
  过去人们不会教育孩子提防陌生人。
• How many times has your mother told you never to talk to strangers?
  你母亲告诉你多少次了，绝不能和陌生人谈话？
• He always feels rather ill at ease before strangers.
  他在陌生人面前总有些不自在。
• The couple might as well have been strangers
  这对夫妇形同陌路。
• The little girl is as timid as a hare, shy in the presence of strangers.
  这小姑娘胆子特别小，怕人。
• He shows an almost childlike timidity in talking with strangers.
  他和生人谈话简直像小孩子一样面嫩。
• They were a clannish lot, not given to welcoming strangers.
  他们那帮人抱成一团，不怎么欢迎生人。