stranger

noun

1. 陌生人
   a person that you do not know
   1. There was a complete stranger sitting at my desk.
      我书桌前坐着一个从未见过的陌生人。
   2. They got on well together although they were total strangers .
      尽管以前素未谋面，但他们相处融洽。
   3. We've told our daughter not to speak to strangers.
      我们告诉女儿不要和陌生人讲话。
   4. She remained a stranger to me.
      我一直未能了解她。
2. 外地人；新来者
   a person who is in a place that they have not been in before
   1. Sorry, I don't know where the bank is. I'm a stranger here myself.
      对不起，我不知道银行在哪儿。我不是本地人。
   2. He must have been a stranger to the town.
      他当时一定是刚到这个镇子。

1. N-COUNT 陌生人
   A stranger is 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。
2. N-PLURAL 互不相识的人
   If two people are strangers, 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。
3. N-COUNT 外乡人;外地人
   If you are a stranger in 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。”
4. N-COUNT 生手;外行;(对…)一无所知的人
   If you are a stranger to something, 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。
5. See also: strange

You do not use stranger to talk about someone who comes from a country which is not your own. You can refer to him or her as a foreigner, but this word can sound rather rude. It is better to talk about someone 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。

1. To her annoyance the stranger did not go away
   让她恼火的是，那个陌生人并没有走。
2. Bernard was once collared by an aggressive stranger in Soho.
   有一次，伯纳德在索霍区被一个气势汹汹的陌生人拦住，硬要与他说话。
3. The older I grow, the stranger and less explicable the world appears to me.
   年龄越大，世界对我而言就变得越陌生、越难理解。
4. Jane put one foot in the near stirrup and turned to look at the stranger.
   简一只脚就近蹬上马镫，转脸看着陌生人。
5. I thought about meeting a handsome stranger but it seemed a bit of a long shot.
   我想象着能遇到一个英俊的陌生人，不过这似乎希望不大。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. '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。”
10. He is no stranger to controversy
    他是个颇具争议的人物。
11. We were both strangers to diplomatic life.
    我们俩在外交方面都是生手。
12. 'I hope,' the stranger said, 'that the sudden change of venue did not inconvenience you.'
    那位陌生人说：“我希望突然改变地点不会给您带来不便。”
13. Why should we trust a total stranger?
    我们为什么要信任一个素昧平生的人呢？
14. He has been no stranger to controversy and vitriol during a tumultuous political career.
    在起伏不定的政治生涯里，他对争议和讥讽早已习以为常。
15. If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
    如果有陌生人拦你的车，把车窗摇下一点点就行。
16. Don't stand on ceremony. I'm no stranger.
    别客气，我又不是外人。
17. He's a complete stranger to me.
    他对我完全是个陌生人。
18. She could not overcome her distrust of the stranger.
    她无法消除对那位陌生人的怀疑。
19. The kind old lady offered to take in the poor homeless stranger.
    那位好心的老太太愿意收容这个贫困无家可归的陌生人。
20. The stranger's conduct was that of a man who had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
    这陌生人的举止像生而富贵的人。
21. I don't know him at all.; He's a perfect stranger to me.
    我与他素不相识。
22. Please don't go to so much trouble about me, or I'll feel I'm being treated as a stranger.
    你对我这样客气，倒有点见外了。
23. When we asked for help, a stranger accommodated us.
    当我们请求帮忙时，一位陌生人前来相助。
24. He was an utter stranger to us.
    我们根本不认识他。
25. The dog bit at the stranger.
    狗向陌生人扑来。
26. A stranger walked up to me and asked me the time.
    一个陌生人走到我跟前，问我是什么时候了。
27. This horse won't obey a stranger.
    这匹马不听生人使唤。
28. Kneeling on the stones before the stranger she began to bathe and wash his feet.
    她跪在那生客前面的石头上，开始给他浸湿、洗脚。
29. How come you, one of the family, are speaking like a stranger?
    一家人怎么说起远话来了？
30. The stranger gave a shout and then made at me.
    那个陌生人大叫一声，向我扑来。

n.

be no/a stranger to sth

• 熟悉（或不熟悉）某事；习惯（或不习惯）某事
  to be familiar/not familiar with sth because you have/have not experienced it many times before
  1. He is no stranger to controversy.
     他对争论见得多了。

noun

1. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

   Synonym:    alienunknown

2. an individual that one is not acquainted with