| 单词 | interloper |
| 释义 | interloper (once / 6185 pages) n If you intrude on people without their permission, you are an interloper. An interloper crashes parties and laughs at "No Trespassing" signs. They figure the word interloper was formed by combining inter- ("between") with -loper (from landloper — meaning "vagabond or adventurer"). So, it only makes sense that an interloper is someone who has ventured or traveled where he was not welcome. The noun interloper may also refer to something other than a person: "The new chain superstore built at the edge of town and was an interloper among the various mom and pop grocery stores in the area." WORD FAMILYinterloper: interlopers+/interlope: interloper, interloping USAGE EXAMPLESAt the Anglesea Golf Club, many of the interlopers are Chinese. Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) In this view, the U.S. is an interloper and would do best to retreat to Hawaii and let China handle the western Pacific. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) In March, she told the Washington Examiner that she considered him an “interloper” who “does not represent the Republican party”. The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) n someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission Syn|Hypo|Hyper intruder, trespasser boarder someone who forces their way aboard ship crasher, gatecrasher, unwelcome guestsomeone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying infiltratoran intruder (as troops) with hostile intent encroacher, invadersomeone who enters by force in order to conquer penetratoran intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance) prowler, sneak, stalkersomeone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions pusher, thrusterone who intrudes or pushes himself forward squattersomeone who settles on land without right or title alien, stranger, unknownanyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found foreigner, outsidersomeone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group persona non grata, unwelcome person a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome entrantsomeone who enters |
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