strange是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 奇怪的， 奇异的； 陌生的， 生疏的； 外地的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This touched my heart a little, and brought tears out of my eyes, and I began to bless myself that such a prodigy of nature should happen upon my account; and this was the more strange to me, because I saw near it still, all along by the side of the rock, some other straggling stalks, which proved to be stalks of rice, and which I knew, because I had seen it grow in Africa when I was ashore there.
-- At last it occurred to my thoughts that I shook a bag of chickens' meat out in that place; and then the wonder began to cease; and I must confess my religious thankfulness to God's providence began to abate, too, upon the discovering that all this was nothing but what was common; though I ought to have been as thankful for so strange and unforeseen a providence as if it had been miraculous; for it was really the work of Providence to me, that should order or appoint that ten or twelve grains of corn should remain unspoiled, when the rats had destroyed all the rest, as if it had been dropped from heaven; as also, that I should throw it out in that par-ticular place, where, it being in the shade of a high rock, it sprang up immediately; whereas, if I had thrown it any-where else at that time, it had been burnt up and destroyed.
-- This was the more strange to me because, though I had killed a wild cat, as I called it, with my gun, yet I thought it was quite a different kind from our European cats; but the young cats were the same kind of house-breed as the old one; and both my cats being females, I thought it very strange.
-- I believe few people have thought much upon the strange multitude of little things necessary in the providing, pro-ducing, curing, dressing, making, and finishing this one article of bread.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I'll lay my life that he meant nothing farther; indeed, it would be very strange and unreasonable if he did.
-- "How strange this is!what can be the meaning of it!But the whole of their behaviour to each other has been unaccountable!How cold, how composed were their last adieus!How languid their conversation the last evening of their being together!In Edward's farewell there was no distinction between Elinor and me: it was the good wishes of an affectionate brother to both.
-- As this silence continued, every day made it appear more strange and more incompatible with the disposition of both.
-- But for this strange kind of secrecy maintained by them relative to their engagement, which in fact concealed nothing at all, she could not account; and it was so wholly contradictory to their general opinions and practice, that a doubt sometimes entered her mind of their being really engaged, and this doubt was enough to prevent her making any inquiry of Marianne.
-- I have thought it all over I assure you, and I can perfectly account for every thing that at first seemed strange to me as well as to you."
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "You're so kind," said Carrie, feeling the goodness of such attention in her strange situation.
-- These strange energies and huge interests, for what purposes were they there?
-- The great streets were wall-lined mysteries to her; the vast offices, strange mazes which concerned far-off individuals of importance.
-- Her spirits were greatly subdued now when the fact of entering upon strange and untried duties confronted her.
-- To one not inclined to drink, and gifted with a more serious turn of mind, such a bubbling, chattering, glittering chamber must ever seem an anomaly, a strange commentary on nature and life.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Strange niggers would stand with their mouths open and look him all over, same as if he was a wonder.
-- I must lay it by in my mind, and think it over some time or other, it's so kind of strange and unregular.
-- Pretty soon I went out on the road, trying to think what I better do, and I run across a boy walking, and asked him if he'd seen a strange nigger dressed so and so, and he says: 'Yes.'
-- When I got there and see it was gone, I says to myself, 'They've got into trouble and had to leave; and they've took my nigger, which is the only nig-ger I've got in the world, and now I'm in a strange country, and ain't got no property no more, nor noth- ing, and no way to make my living;' so I set down and cried.
-- He said the witches was pester-ing him awful these nights, and mak- ing him see all kinds of strange things, and hear all kinds of strange words and noises, and he didn't believe he was ever witched so long before in his life.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It is impossible to describe the shrieks of joy, the warm embraces, the knocks, and the friendly greetings with which that strange company of dramatic actors and actresses received Pinocchio.
-- For be it known, that, while other people, when sad and sorrowful, weep and wipe their eyes, Fire Eater, on the other hand, had the strange habit of sneezing each time he felt unhappy.
-- The Marionette, being no exception to this rule, slept on peacefully for a few hours till well along toward midnight, when he was awakened by strange whisperings and stealthy sounds coming from the yard.
-- Strange though it may seem, the Dog could not swim.
-- "Do you know what strange thing is happening here!This donkey weeps."
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