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

• We were both strangers to diplomatic life.
  我们俩在外交方面都是生手。
• Some people are always coming up to perfect strangers and asking them what they do
  有些人总爱和完全不认识的人搭讪，询问人家的职业。
• 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。
• First time strangers, second time friends.
  一回生，二回熟。
• She often blushes when speaking to strangers.
  她跟生人说话爱红脸。
• It is very moving to see how much strangers can care for each other
  看到陌生人之间这般彼此关照，实在令人感动。
• He always feels rather ill at ease before strangers.
  他在陌生人面前总有些不自在。
• Flowers fall off [ will die], do what one may. Swallows return, no strangers they.
  无可奈何花落去，似曾相识燕归来。
• I do not like to make a show of myself before strangers.
  我不喜欢在陌生人面前炫耀自己。
• The couple might as well have been strangers
  这对夫妇形同陌路。