核心畫面

Picture a line drawn around 'us' — our country, our group, our way of doing things — and something standing on the other side of it. The word says: this belongs elsewhere. How far away that elsewhere is keeps stretching: another country, another world, or simply a way of thinking that feels nothing like yours.

可以想成:在「我們」外面畫一條線——我們的國家、我們這群人、我們習慣的做法——然後有個東西站在線的另一邊。這個字說的更多收起可以想成:在「我們」外面畫一條線——我們的國家、我們這群人、我們習慣的做法——然後有個東西站在線的另一邊。這個字說的就是:它屬於別處。那個「別處」可以一路拉遠:另一個國家、另一個星球,或者只是一種你完全無法理解的想法。所以從「外國的」到「外星人」到「格格不入」,都是同一條線的不同距離。

From the picture

來自別的星球

把「別處」拉到最遠:不只是別的國家,而是別的星球。科幻小說和電影讓這一支變成今天英文裡最有畫面的用法。

extraterrestrial creature · noun · A2

In stories and films, a creature that comes from another world or planet.

外星人

格格不入的陌生

把那條線從地理搬到感受上:這件事離我熟悉的東西太遠,遠到我接不上、也接受不了。距離不是公里,而是理解上的距離。

strange and unfamiliar · adjective · B2

Very different from what you know, in a way that feels strange or hard to accept.

陌生的

Also in this word

foreign · adjective · B2

Belonging to or coming from another country or group of people.

外國的

non-citizen resident · noun · B2

A person who is living or working in a country but is not a legal citizen of it.

外僑

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

aliennoun/ˈeɪ.li.ən/

  • 1

    A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

    • An animated film intended to inform travellers about the dangers that alien species present to Arctic ecosystems is being released today. The message is that it is important to ensure that nobody accidentally brings alien species with them as stowaways in their clothing, baggage or equipment.
  • 2

    A citizen or national of another sovereign state.

    • An alien born may purchase lands, or other estates: but not for his own use; for the king is thereupon entitled to them.
    • The counsel have shown conclusively that they are not a state of the union, and have insisted that individually they are aliens, not owing allegiance to the United States.
  • 3

    derogatoryA mischievous or suspicious foreigner.

  • 4

    Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

    • You might not have much use for me. You spend too much time with the damn aliens, pretending your time in the gangs back on Earth never happened. I know you weren't happy when I found you at the Citadel a couple years back. But I'm glad you're on this. I hope you find whoever took my people on Freedom's Progress and kick their scaly asses. I'm glad it's a human finding these bastards.
  • 5

    One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.

    • […]aliens from the common wealth of Iſrael[…]
    • The One Who, in this marvellous utterance, brings those who were by nature aliens and enemies of God into intimate and holy relations with God the Father, is the very One Who had to come to offer that Sacrifice without which such relationship would have been forever an impossibility; without which there would have been nothing for the best of men but death and judgment and the lake of fire.

alienadj/ˈeɪ.li.ən/

  • 1

    Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

    • alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores
  • 2

    Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

    • principles alien to our religion
    • An alien sound of melancholy.
  • 3

    Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.

    • It had a peculiar alien tallness, a peculiar alien flattened head, peculiar slitty little alien eyes[.]

alienverb/ˈeɪ.li.ən/

  • 1

    To estrange; to alienate.

  • 2

    lawTo transfer the ownership of something.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。