单词 | strange |
例句 | strangestrange /streɪndʒ/ adjective 1 different from what is usual► strange different from what is usual or normal, often in a way that is difficult to understand or explain: ► weird strange in a way that you do not like or in a way that frightens you: ► funny funny means the same as strange but is more informal: ► odd AWL strange, especially in a way that does not seem right or normal: ► peculiar (formal) peculiar means the same as odd but sounds formal: ► bizarre very unusual and strange: ► eccentric behaving in a way that is unusual and different from most people. You use eccentric when you want to say that someone is a little strange or different but you do not want to sound disapproving or insulting: ► unusual different from what is usual or normal: ► abnormal AWL different from what is normal, especially in a way that seems worrying or dangerous: ► atypical (formal) not having the features that something usually has. Atypical is used especially in scientific language: ANTONYMS ➔ see normal, ordinary, usualADVERBS: strangeYou can make the adjectives that mean "different from what is usual" into adverbs by using an -ly ending: Angela was dressed strangely. | The police picked him up because he was behaving oddly. | The levels of sugar in her blood were abnormally high.2 not known► strange a strange place, person, or thing is one that you do not know, so that you feel a little frightened or worried: ► unfamiliar if something is unfamiliar, you have never seen it or heard about it before: ► unknown unknown means the same as unfamiliar, but sounds more formal and is used especially in writing: |
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