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strangest 音标拼音: [str'endʒɪst] Strange \ Strange\, a. [ Compar. { Stranger}; superl. { Strangest}.] [ OE. estrange, F. [' e] trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See { Extra}, and cf. { Estrange}, { Extraneous}.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. " To seek strange strands." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] One of the strange queen' s lords. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. -- Ascham. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to others; not one' s own; not pertaining to one' s self; not domestic. [ 1913 Webster] So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. -- Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. [ 1913 Webster] Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. " He is sick of a strange fever." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Reserved; distant in deportment. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. -- Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Backward; slow. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. -- Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster] 7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. [ 1913 Webster] In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. [ 1913 Webster] Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. -- Waller. [ 1913 Webster] { Strange sail} ( Naut.), an unknown vessel. { Strange woman} ( Script.), a harlot. -- Prov. v. 3. { To make it strange}. ( a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. -- Shak. ( b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. { To make strange}, { To make one' s self strange}. ( a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. ( b) To assume the character of a stranger. -- Gen. xlii. 7. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric. [ 1913 Webster]
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