英音
['eɪlɪən]

美音 [ˈelɪən,ˈeljən]

adj. 外国的;相异的;异已的;不相容的
n. 外国人;外侨;局外人;外星人
vt. 让渡,转让;疏远;离间
alien 记忆方法
alien相关的词根或词缀是:
alalteraltern
alien外国的,外来的adj.
al 其他的;改变状态 + ien → 其他地方的 → 外国的
alien 变化形式
复数: aliens
易混淆的单词: Alien
中文词源
alien 外星人
拉丁词。词根al, 其它,同else.
alien 用法和例句
- So is there going to be an alien ambassador ?
- 那么,会出现一位外星人大使么?
- Maybe alien technology isn 't so foreign after all .
- 或许外星的科技也不是那么陌生的。
- I washed some dishes and took some alien children to the loo .
- 我洗了一些盘子,并将几个外国小孩带到了洗手间。
- These three alien heads all represent 3d images of a developing embryonic mouse head .
- 这是胚胎小鼠头部发育过程中三张不同的三维图像。
- He 'd seem to the kids a complete alien .
- 在其他孩子眼中,他像一个外星人。
汉语翻译
n. 外国人, 外侨
a. 外国的, 相异的
【法】 外国的, 异己的
相关词组:
be alien to...
词型变化
动词过去式:aliened 过去分词:aliened 现在分词:aliening 第三人称单数:aliens
词意辨析
stranger, foreigner, alien, immigrant这些名词均有“陌生人,外人”之意。
stranger: 指对当地的生活习惯、语言等不熟悉,或为某团体不熟的人,也指不认识的人。
foreigner: 指在异国作短期访问或长期居住的外国人。
alien: 指没有成为侨居国正式公民的移民。
immigrant: 指在别国定居并取得所在国国籍的外国人。
英语解释
名词 alien:
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country同义词:foreigner, noncitizen, outlander
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found同义词:stranger, unknown
- a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere同义词:extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial
动词 alien:
- transfer property or ownership同义词:alienate
- arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness同义词:estrange, alienate, disaffect
形容词 alien:
- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something同义词:foreign
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world同义词:exotic
例句
- I ran into an old friend in the alien land.我在异国他乡遇到故知。
- After the alien spacecraft had hovered over the park for a short time, it vanished.那只外星来的宇宙飞船在公园上空盘旋了一会儿之后就不见了。
- Immigrant workers were classed as resident aliens.移民来的工人已归入外侨类。
- After being away for so long, he feels like an alien in his own country now.背井离乡这么久,现在在他自己的国家,他觉得自己像个外人。
- Cruelty is quite alien to his nature.残忍完全不合他的本性。
- Their ideas are quite alien to our ways of thinking.他们的观点同我们看问题的方法格格不入。