| 单词 | strange |
| 释义 | strange (streɪndʒ ) Word forms: stranger , strangest 1. adjective A2 Something that is strange is unusual or unexpected, and makes you feel slightly nervous or afraid. Then a strange thing happened. There was something strange about the flickering blue light. It's strange how things turn out. Synonyms: odd, unusual, curious, weird strangely adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective] B2 She noticed he was acting strangely. America has no shortage of strangely named clubs. The hut suddenly seemed strangely silent. strangeness uncountable noun ...the breathy strangeness of the music. [+ of] Synonyms: oddity, abnormality, peculiarity, weirdness 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ A strange place is one that you have never been to before. A strange person is someone that you have never met before. I ended up alone in a strange city. She was faced with a new job, in unfamiliar surroundings with strange people. Synonyms: unfamiliar, new, unknown, foreign 3. graded adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you feel strange, you have an unpleasant or uncomfortable feeling, either physical or emotional. I felt all dizzy and strange. Synonyms: unwell, ill, sick, poorly [informal] 4. See also stranger Collocations: strange tale Strange tale based on a play. The Sun It's an extraordinarily strange tale. Christianity Today The velodrome was both a spectacular success story for the home team and a strange tale of underperformance for much of the opposition. Times, Sunday Times Rid of all the bravado and glamour, we see everyone involved - including the world's keenest teacher - ultimately bewildered at how their strange tale panned out. The Sun The strange tale of an extra-special talking mongoose 404pp. The Times Literary Supplement It's a strange thing to say about somewhere that brought me so much pain and grief and caused my family so much angst. The Sun (2012) The strange thing about this new establishment is that it seems to be awfully big. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It was a very eerie, strange thing. The Sun (2013) The strange thing about this supposedly politically correct mentality in public services is how politically incorrect it is. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The strange thing is that people are just watching it. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The result was clear but there was a strange twist. Times, Sunday Times In a strange twist, now they've reacquainted and are planning to write a track together. The Sun By a strange twist of fate, they had tried to buy the same house a decade earlier. Times, Sunday Times It'll be a strange twist if the cash-for-peerages rumpus trips him up. The Sun It seemed a fittingly strange twist to his story. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 奇怪的 Japanese: 奇妙な |
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