strangeness

• 表示不寻常、陌生或奇怪的性质或状态的名词；在物理学中也用来表示某些夸克的一种特性（奇异数）。

A noun referring to the quality or state of being unusual, unfamiliar, or odd; also used in physics to denote a property of certain quarks.

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1. UnusualnessB1formal

   The quality of being odd, unfamiliar, or not well known.

   不寻常

   • The strangeness of the situation made everyone uncomfortable.
   • She was struck by the strangeness of the old house.
   • There is a certain strangeness in meeting a stranger who looks exactly like you.

   同义词anomalousnessbizarrenesscuriousnesseccentricityoddnesspeculiarityqueernesssingularityunusualnessweirdness

   反义词commonnessconventionalityfamiliaritynormalcyordinariness

2. Quark flavor (physics)C2formalscientific

   A property of quarks, one of the six flavors (up, down, charm, strange, top, bottom), associated with the strange quark.

   奇异性（夸克味）

   • The strange quark carries a quantum number called strangeness.
   • Particles containing a strange quark are said to have non-zero strangeness.
   • Strangeness is conserved in strong interactions but not in weak interactions.

3. AliennessB2formal

   The quality of being foreign, unfamiliar, or not native.

   异质性

   • The strangeness of the foreign customs made him feel like an outsider.
   • There is a strangeness to the landscape that feels otherworldly.
   • The strangeness of the language barrier was difficult to overcome.

   同义词exoticismforeignnessothernessoutlandishnessunfamiliarity

   反义词familiaritynativeness