foreigner

英 ['fɒrɪnə]美 ['fɔrənɚ]

n. 外地人，外国人

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).

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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