late 14c., "unknown person, foreigner," from strange + -er (1) or else from Old French estrangier "foreigner" (Modern French étranger), from estrange. Latin used the adjective extraneus as a noun to mean "stranger." The English noun never picked up the secondary sense of the adjective. As a form of address to an unknown person, it is recorded from 1817, American English rural colloquial. Meaning "one who has stopped visiting" is recorded from 1520s.
雙語例句
1. If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
如果有陌生人攔你的車，把車窗搖下一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)就行。
來自柯林斯例句
2. To her annoyance the stranger did not go away.
讓她惱火的是，那個(gè)陌生人并沒有走。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult.
要對(duì)一個(gè)素昧平生的人談自己的生活經(jīng)歷是比較困難。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Bernard was once collared by an aggressive stranger in Soho.