strange

• adj. 奇怪的；陌生的；外行的
• adv. 奇怪地；陌生地，冷淡地
• n. (Strange)人名；(英)斯特兰奇；(瑞典、塞)斯特朗格

来自古法语 estrange,外来的，外部的，来自拉丁语 extraneus,外来的，外部的，来自 extra,外 面的，词源同 extra-,extraneous.引申词义奇怪的，陌生的。

1. being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird;

"a strange exaltation that was indefinable"

"a strange fantastical mind"

"what a strange sense of humor she has"

2. not known before;

"used many strange words"

"saw many strange faces in the crowd"

"don't let anyone unknown into the house"

3. not at ease or comfortable;

"felt strange among so many important people"

strange

strange: [13] The etymological notion underlying strange is of being ‘beyond the usual bounds or boundaries’. This evolved into ‘foreign’ (which survives in the closely related French étrange) and ‘odd’. The word came via Old French estrange from Latin extrāneus ‘foreign, strange’ (source of English extraneous [17]), an adjective based on extrā ‘outward, outside’. Stranger [14] goes back to *extrāneārius, a Vulgar Latin derivative of extrāneus; and another derivative, extrāneāre ‘alienate’, produced English estrange [15].
=> estrange, extraneous

strange (adj.)

late 13c., "from elsewhere, foreign, unknown, unfamiliar," from Old French estrange "foreign, alien, unusual, unfamiliar, curious; distant; inhospitable; estranged, separated" (Modern French étrange), from Latin extraneus "foreign, external, from without" (source also of Italian strano "strange, foreign," Spanish estraño), from extra "outside of" (see extra). In early use also strounge, straunge. Sense of "queer, surprising" is attested from late 14c. In nuclear physics, from 1956.

queer, odd, funny, crazy, curious, peculiar, strange, eccentric, quaint, singular

这些形容词均含有"奇怪的，奇异的，新奇的"之意。

queer： 指一种无法解释的怪诞，强调事物的奇特和不可思议。

odd： 通常指不规律、偶尔出现的人或事物，往往令人困惑或奇怪。

funny： 较通俗用词，指奇怪得滑稽可笑或反常。

crazy： 多指与众不同的行为、外表或人与物本身，含荒唐可笑或神经不正常的意味。

curious： 通常指非常特别或能引起注意、研究或探索的奇特。

peculiar： 侧重令人奇怪的或独一无二的特性，也指性格特征方面显著的与众不同之处。

strange： 普通常用词，含义广泛，指陌生新奇、奇怪、奇怪或不自然的人或物。

eccentric： 指偏离常规的怪异或怪癖。

quaint： 指古色古香，会人感到既奇怪又有趣。

singular： 通常指异常或奇特，暗含不同于一般。

This is the strangest bug I've ever seen.

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Still, I find it strange that only a third of young people report preparing meals at home regularly.

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Children's books are like dog food in that the purchasers are not the consumers, so the market (and the marketing) is inherently strange.

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His doctors were puzzled by the strange case of permanent sleeplessness.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

You would not be surprised if a stranger tried to shake hands when you were introduced, but you might be a little startled if they bowed, started to stroke you or kissed you on both cheeks.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

It was interesting to see such a strange sight, but there were a lot of people around and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look.

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying alert to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones.

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So it may seem rather strange that I have returned to college to finish the degree I left undone some four decades ago.

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

She has just graduated from college and got a job at an advertising agency when she began to sense that something strange was going on inside her body.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Nobody ever had a better time or did more exotic strange things than I did in an 80-year period

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He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he's an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

I once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahl's writing and it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful words.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Many of our conversations are gossip, I have noticed three effects of gossip: It can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

On the station, the ordinary becomes strange.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Send us a tale about the strange behaviour of unique pets or wildlife in up 300 words.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Teams of four, dressed in a variety of strange and funny clothes, roll a complete cheese along a 50-metre course.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem--inability to read.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

We are facing today a strange new world and we are all wondering what we are going to do with it.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The question would have sounded strange not long ago.

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

A strange thing happened this morning.

今天上午发生了一件怪事。

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She was looking at me in a very strange way.

她用十分异样的目光看着我。

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It's strange (that) we haven't heard from him.

奇怪，我们一直没有他的消息。

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It's strange how childhood impressions linger.

童年的印象经久不忘，真是不可思议。

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That's strange ─the front door's open.

怪事——正门开着。

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I'm looking forward to the exam, strange as it may seem .

别人可能感到奇怪——我在盼望这场考试。

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There was something strange about her eyes.

她的眼睛有些异常。

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Strange to say , I don't really enjoy television.

说来奇怪，我不大喜欢看电视。

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a strange city

陌生的城市

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to wake up in a strange bed

在陌生的床上醒来

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Never accept lifts from strange men.

千万别搭陌生男人的车。

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At first the place was strange to me.

起先我对这个地方不熟悉。

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She felt strange sitting at her father's desk.

坐在父亲的书桌前，她感觉不自在。

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It was terribly hot and I started to feel strange.

酷热难当，我逐渐感到不舒服。

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Then a strange thing happened...

然后一件奇怪的事发生了。

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There was something strange about the flickering blue light...

闪烁的蓝光有点怪异。

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I ended up alone in a strange city...

结果，我独自一人来到了一个陌生的城市。

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She was faced with a new job, in unfamiliar surroundings with strange people.

她面对着一份全新工作，周围是陌生的环境和陌生的人。

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I felt all dizzy and strange.

我感到非常头晕、不舒服。

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I felt a strange sense of elation.

我有一种异常的兴奋感觉.

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It was strange to see these Prague streets, usually so animated, now completely empty and deserted.

看到通常很有生气的布拉格的街道现在变得空无一人,真是很怪.

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She landed up in a strange city without any money or friends.

她到达一个陌生的城市,没有钱和朋友.

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This insect makes its strange noise by rubbing its back legs together.

这只昆虫摩擦它的两条后腿发出一种奇怪的声音.

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