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  • [streɪnʤ]
  • Conjugation : more  stranger ; most  strangest
  • Derivatives : adv  strangely
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

strange [streɪnʤ]
  1. 1. adjective (odd) 奇怪
  2. 2. adjective [+person] [ place] (unfamiliar) 陌生

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

strange [streɪnʤ]
  1. 1. adjective 奇怪的,古怪的,不寻常的
    What a strange sense of humor she has.
    她的幽默感好奇怪啊。
  2. 2. adjective 陌生的,不认识的
  3. 3. adjective 外地的,异乡
  4. 4. adjective 不习惯的,缺少经验的
  5. 5. adverb 奇怪地,古怪
  6. 6. adverb 陌生地,不熟悉地

Collins English-English Dictionary

strange [streɪnʤ]
  1. 1. adj odd, unusual, or extraordinary in appearance, effect, manner, etc; peculiar
  2. 2. adj not known, seen, or experienced before; unfamiliar
    a strange land
  3. 3. adj not easily explained
    a strange phenomenon
  4. 4. adj [usually foll by to] inexperienced (in) or unaccustomed (to)
    strange to a task
  5. 5. adj not of one's own kind, locality, etc; alien; foreign
  6. 6. adj shy; distant; reserved
  7. 7. adj [Physics] denoting a particular flavour of quark
  8. 8. adj denoting or relating to a hypothetical form of matter composed of such quarks
    strange matter
    a strange star
  9. 9. adv [not standard] in a strange manner
  10. 10. adv [Etymology] C13: from Old French estrange, from Latin extraneus foreign; see extraneous

Examples

the strange history of his coat
他上衣的奇怪来历
a strange pass
奇怪的境遇
to report strange aircraft overhead
报告有奇异的飞行器在上空出现
stranded penniless in a strange city
流落他乡,一筹莫展
strange to the job
不习惯这个工作
A strange feeling came over me.
我突然产生了一种奇怪的感觉。
I love Africa. There, it's not strange seeing big scaring lions walking all along the road.
我喜爱非洲。在那儿看到吓人的大狮子走在路上根本不足为奇。
Today's newspaper said that a man dug up a cannon ball in his garden. Isn't that strange?
今天的报纸说,一个人在花园里挖土时发现了一个大号铁质炮弹,这不是很奇怪吗?
She stopped short and listened to the strange noise.
她停了一下,听了听那个奇怪的声音。
There's something strange about him.
他有点儿古怪。

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