foreign

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɒɹɪn/|/ˈfɒɹən/    美 /ˈfɔɹɪn/|/ˈfɔɹən/|/ˈfɑɹɪn/|/ˈfɔɹən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A foreign person; A foreigner: a person from another country. informal
    — The messaging instructions come in two sets: one for domestics, another for the foreigns.
  2. A foreign person; An outsider: a person from another place or group. obsolete
  3. A foreign person; A non-guildmember. obsolete
  4. A foreign vehicle; A foreign ship. obsolete
  5. A foreign vehicle; A foreign whip, a car produced abroad. slang
    — In the foreign switching lanes and we riding […] A island I wanna live somewhere silent I'm shining I'm bout to flood my neck with diamonds Yeah I've been spitting facts these niggas lying I'm driving stolens, foreigns, yeah I'm riding
  6. An outhouse; an outdoor toilet. obsolete
    — Ful foule ys þat forreyne Þat ys comoun for al certeyne.
  7. A foreign area; An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits. dialectal
  8. A foreign area; An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court. obsolete,plural-normally
  9. Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service. abbreviation,alt-of
形容词 adj.
  1. Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
    — foreign markets; foreign soil
  2. Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
    — foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade
  3. Relating to a different nation.
    — foreign policy; foreign navies
  4. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
    — foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species
  5. Alien; strange; uncharacteristic.
    — It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
  6. Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. obsolete
    — Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, / That he ran mad and died.
  7. From a different legal jurisdiction (state, province), even if within the same country. Canada,US
  8. Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
    — My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM.
  9. Outside, outdoors, outdoor. obsolete

词形变化

more foreign comparative most foreign superlative forane alternative,obsolete forraine alternative,obsolete foreigns plural forane alternative,obsolete forraine alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
overseas international extraneous acquired additional adventitious ascititious foreign intrusive outlandish strange supplemental tramontane
反义词
domestic native indigenous innate natural
上位词
extrinsic
下位词
implanted inculcated infused ingrafted introduced learned
衍生词
antiforeign chamber foreign doctrine of foreign equivalents foreign accent syndrome foreign affairs foreign agent foreign aid foreign body foreign-born foreign correspondent foreign country foreign currency foreigncy foreign debt foreign devil foreign direct investment foreigner foreign exchange foreign exchange certificate foreign exchange market foreign exchange risk foreign fighter foreign investment foreignise foreignism foreignization foreignize foreign key foreign language foreign legion foreignly foreign minister foreign money foreign muck foreign national foreignness Foreign Office foreign policy foreign portfolio investment foreign secretary foreign service foreign species foreign tongue foreign trade forex hyperforeign nonforeign semiforeign unforeign

词源

词源 1
From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin forās (“outside, outdoors”) or forīs (“outside, outdoors”).
Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ (“foreign”) and now-dialectal English fremd, from Old English fremde (“strange, foreign”).
The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered).
词源 2
From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin forās (“outside, outdoors”) or forīs (“outside, outdoors”).
Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ (“foreign”) and now-dialectal English fremd, from Old English fremde (“strange, foreign”).
The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered).
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