Betydningen av strange på engelsk

strange

adjective

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/streɪndʒ/

strange adjective (UNUSUAL)

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unusual and unexpected, or difficult to understand:

He has some very strange ideas about women!

You say the strangest things sometimes.

I had a strange feeling that we'd met before.

it is strange that It's strange that tourists almost never visit this village.

that is strange That's strange - I'm sure I put my glasses in my bag, but they're not there.

Synonymer

bizarre
curious (STRANGE)
eccentric  (STRANGE)
eerie
flaky (PERSON) informal sometimes offensive
freakish
funny  (STRANGE)
odd (STRANGE)
outlandish disapproving
peculiar (STRANGE)
spooky informal
weird (STRANGE)

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strange

strangeShe's a strange girl.
oddI always thought there was something a bit odd about her.
bizarreI had a really bizarre dream last night.
weirdHis films are so weird that I can barely get through them.
funnyThis lemonade tastes funny.
peculiarThe chicken had a peculiar smell.

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feel strange

to feel uncomfortable and not normal or correct:

I hope that fish was all right - my stomach feels a little strange.

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Can you hear that strange clicking noise?
By some strange coincidence, he was passing the house just when it happened.
When I met her, I had a strange feeling of déjà vu.
She's developed some very strange habits lately.
She gave me a strange look.

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Strange, suspicious and unnatural

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Difficult to understand

strange adjective (NOT FAMILIAR)

not known or familiar:

I don't accept rides from strange men.

With so many strange faces around her, the baby started to cry.

strange to I've never been here before either, so it's all strange to me too.

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A strange figure appeared in the doorway, clad in white.
I found myself in a strange country.
Who are these strange people?
Their customs are strange to me.
They gave her a strange brew to drink.

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Unknown and unfamiliar

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Idiom

stranger things have happened

(Definisjon av strange fra Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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strange

adjective [ -er/-est only ]

/streɪndʒ/

strange adjective [-er/-est only] (UNUSUAL)

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not familiar, or difficult to understand; different:

We kept hearing strange noises coming from the attic.

I had a strange feeling that we had met before.

That’s strange – I thought I had locked this door when we left.

strange adjective [-er/-est only] (NOT FAMILIAR)

not known or familiar:

I really don’t like strange people coming to my door.

(Definisjon av strange fra Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Eksempler på strange

strange

Strange as it may seem, the existing data are even more inadequate than the theories.

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They sit on the edges of the speech community's own position, strange to speakers but there as attention-holding presences in their lives.

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Very often, certain elements may sound strange, even though they may be absolutely correct from a lexico-grammatical perspective.

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The new front and new large bumpers made what was an already odd-looking car even stranger.

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To see a statue of this scale displayed indoors is odd, and the way the effigy dominates the interior space is strange at first.

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Now, not only was the dramatic content of the written play probing the listener's intellect, but strange new sounds were stretching the imagination.

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A strange result occurs in the case that a person belongs to different groups that have conflicting sets of social norms.

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Competition over the issue of tax fairness could create strange bedfellows around the idea of reducing payroll taxes.

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The progress of science was familiar to men's minds, but the development of the subject-matter of science was strange to them.

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Seasonal workers, or 'strange farmers ', were similarly considered as highly desirable and were liable for a special rent.

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The songs seem at once both entirely familiar and utterly strange.

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As may be seen on the personnel chart, the artist is placed there in a strange position, seemingly disenfranchised of the operating structure.

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Further, even minor changes in the layering of the inversion will be perceived as strange motions on the part of the monster.

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You'd find it kind of strange, people getting ready to go out boating when it's really rough in the fiord.

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The book tells a harrowing story where truth is stranger than fiction.

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