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

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

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

strange [strenʤ] [streɪnʤ]
  1. 1. adjective 外国（或外地）的，异乡的
  2. 2. adjective 生疏的，不熟悉的，陌生的
    A strange man came up and talked to me.
    一个陌生人走上前来跟我说话。
    There were several strange people at the party.
    聚会上有几个陌生人。
  3. 3. adjective 不平常的，意外的
  4. 4. adjective 奇异的，古怪的
    There's something strange about him.
    他有点儿古怪。
    The strange thing is that I don't even know him.
    奇怪的是我根本不认识他。
  5. 5. adjective 疏远的，冷淡的
  6. 6. adjective 没有经验的；不习惯的；外行的
    strange to the job
    不习惯这个工作
  7. 7. adjective [physics] 奇异的
  8. 8. adverb 奇怪地，奇特地，难于置信地
  9. 9. adverb 陌生地，奇怪地，冷淡地，外行地

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
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Examples

the strange history of his coat
他上衣的奇怪来历 → history
a strange pass
奇怪的境遇 → pass
to report strange aircraft overhead
报告有奇异的飞行器在上空出现 → report
stranded penniless in a strange city
流落他乡，一筹莫展 → strand
strange to the job
不习惯这个工作 → strange
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。
She stopped short and listened to the strange noise.
她停了一下，听了听那个奇怪的声音。 → stop
There's something strange about him.
他有点儿古怪。 → strange
The strange thing is that I don't even know him.
奇怪的是我根本不认识他。 → strange
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