foreigner

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n. 外国人, 外地人 [法] 外国人, 进口货, 外国货

发音

UK /ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/
US /ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/
US /ˈfɔɹ.ə.nɚ/
其它 /ˈfɑɹ.ɪ.nɚ/

词形变化

foreigners 复数 foreigners

别名

furriner

教材释义与例句

名词

外地人，外国人

someone who comes from a different country

Some of the local people are suspicious of foreigners.

有些当地人不信任外国人。

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A person from a foreign country.

    外国人

    老外

    外人

    外国侬

  2. 2.

    A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

alien outsider noncitizen outlander

上位词 5

stranger alien unknown traveler traveller

下位词 8

exile import gringo au pair deportee importee metic Transalpine

相关短语

Johnny Foreigner

词源

From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.

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