Word · Frequency #19151
strangenesses
奇怪；奇异；古怪
strangenesses is the plural of strangeness.
the state or quality of being strange, odd, or weird
- 1.
The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
奇怪、古怪或诡异的状态或性质。
- 2.
The product or result of being strange.
奇怪的结果或产物。
奇异的事物；怪事；奇怪、古怪或诡异的状态或性质。；奇怪的结果或产物。；奇妙；不可思议
In use
The strangeness of hearing my own voice recorded made me laugh.
The sudden strangeness in his tone worried me.
She tried to describe the strangeness of the place to her friends.
the strangeness of sth
strangeness 表示“奇怪、怪异”这一状态或性质时，通常作不可数名词，后接 of 引出具体对象。
The strangeness of the situation made her uneasy.
这种情况的怪异让她感到不安。
a strangeness in/to sth
当指某种具体的、可感受到的异常时，strangeness 前可加 a，后接 in 或 to 表示这种怪异所在或所属。
There was a strangeness in the way he looked at her.
他看她的方式中有一种怪异。
Common mistakes
The strange of the situation made me uneasy.
Connections
Collocations
- a sense of strangeness
- 一种奇异感；一种陌生怪异的感觉
- Walking into the empty house, she felt a sense of strangeness.走进空荡荡的房子，她感到一种奇异的陌生感。
- the strangeness of it all
- 这一切的怪异之处
- The strangeness of it all made him wonder if he was dreaming.这一切的怪异让他怀疑自己是不是在做梦。
- a certain strangeness
- 某种怪异；几分古怪
- There was a certain strangeness in his voice.他的声音里带有几分怪异。
- struck by the strangeness of
- 被……的怪异所触动；深感……很怪异
- She was struck by the strangeness of the silence.她被这寂静的怪异感深深触动了。
- utter strangeness
- 极其怪异；彻底的陌生感
- The utter strangeness of the landscape left them speechless.那片风景极其怪异，让他们目瞪口呆。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把strange（奇怪的）和名词后缀-ness连在一起，记住‘奇怪的状态’就是strangeness，就像看到怪事时那种诡异感。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：文学或叙事描写、正式讨论与评论、日常叙述 strangeness 表示“奇怪、诡异的状态或性质”，表达比较书面，口语中更常说 weirdness 或 oddness。它多见于书面描述或较正式的表达，但在一般叙述中也能自然使用。
Grammar Note
通常不可数，表示抽象概念
Pronunciation & Spelling
发音提示：这组词都含有后缀 -ness，拼写相同，且后缀一般读作弱读的 /nəs/（或 /nɪs/），但重音在词干上，因此各词的元音不同，均不与 strangeness /ˈstreɪndʒnɪs/ 押韵。比如 happiness 读 /ˈhæpɪnəs/，darkness 读 /ˈdɑːrknəs/。特别注意 business 拼写来自 busy，但发音为 /ˈbɪznəs/，不要被拼写误导。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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