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foreigner是什么意思

foreigner

英 ['fɒrɪnə] 美 ['fɔrənɚ]
  • n. 外地人,外国人

foreigner 英文词源


foreigner (n.)
early 15c., foreyner; see foreign + -er (1).
In ordinary use chiefly applied to those who speak a foreign language as their native tongue; thus in England the term is not commonly understood to include Americans. [OED]
In American English from 1620s through mid-19c., however, it was used of a person from a different colony or state. Earlier as a noun in English was simple foreign (early 14c.), probably from Old French, which used the adjective as a noun meaning "foreigner;" also "outskirts; the outside world; latrine, privy." Spelling furriner, representing pronunciation, is from 1832, originally in Irish dialect pieces but by 1840s picked up by American dialect writers (Thomas Chandler Haliburton).

foreigner 双语例句


1. You don't sound like a foreigner talking English.
听你讲英语,不像是外国人。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Being a foreigner was not a handicap.
身为外国人并不是一个障碍。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Her family disowned her for marrying a foreigner.
她的家人因她嫁给了外国人而与她断绝关系。

来自《权威词典》

4. The fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.
我是外国人这事实对我十分不利。

来自《权威词典》

5. Being a foreigner, he did not catch on the joke.
他是个外国人, 未能理解这个笑话的含意.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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