strange /ˈstreɪnʤ/ adjective stranger; strangest
stranger; strangest
Learner's definition of STRANGE
[also more strange; most strange]
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: different from what is usual, normal, or expected : odd奇怪的;不尋常的 -
Does his behavior seem strange to you?你覺得他的行爲奇怪嗎?
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Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.事實有時比虛構的事更不可思議。
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That is one of the strangest creatures I have ever seen.那是我見過的最奇怪的生物之一。
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What a strange-looking animal.模樣多麽古怪的一種動物啊。
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There was something strange [=peculiar] about his new friend.他的新朋友有點古怪。
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She got a strange [=weird] feeling when the phone rang.電話響的時候她有種異樣的感覺。
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He gave me a strange look.他用奇怪的眼神看了我一眼。
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Strange as it may seem, I don't like walking barefoot on the grass.别人聽着也許覺得奇怪,我不喜歡光腳在草地上走。
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It's strange that nobody told me about this before.很奇怪,以前居然沒人告訴我這個。
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It's strange [=surprising] how quickly a person's opinion can change.真怪,一個人的想法可以變得如此之快。
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It is strange (that) he would leave town and not tell anybody.奇怪的是他居然不和任何人打招呼就要離開鎮子。
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That's strange. He was here a minute ago.真奇怪,他剛剛還在這裏。
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The strange thing is that nobody saw him enter or leave the building.奇怪的是,沒人看見他進出這棟樓。
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A strange [=funny] thing happened to me on my way home.回家的路上我遇到了一件奇怪的事情。
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For some strange reason, we thought you weren't coming. [=it is strange that we thought you weren't coming]不知道爲什麽,我們認爲你不會來。
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Strange to say [=strangely], I was thinking the same thing.說來奇怪,我也在想同樣的事情。
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: not known, heard, or seen before : unfamiliar陌生的;不熟悉的 -
Children are taught not to talk to strange people.小孩子被教育不要和陌生人說話。
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The language was strange to me.我不熟悉這種語言。
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a strange city/country陌生的城市/國家
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not used before a noun : not entirely comfortable or well不舒服;令人不自在 -
He felt strange being the boss of people who were as old as his parents.他當老板,手下都是和自己父母一樣的人,他感到不自在。
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My stomach feels a little strange.我的胃有點不舒服。
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I began to feel strange, and then I fainted.我開始覺得不舒服,然後就暈倒了。
— strangeness
/ˈstreɪnʤnəs/ noun [noncount]