foreign
gb/fˈɔɹən/ us/fˈɔɹən/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 700
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
adjective
A2
property
1
from another country
From or about another country, not your own.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[something] is foreign to [a country/person]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'foreign' with 'strange'. While something foreign may be unfamiliar, it specifically means from another country.
คำพ้องความหมาย
overseas (Often used for goods, travel, or business involving countries across the sea; slightly more geographical in focus.)
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international (Emphasizes involvement between multiple nations; broader in scope than 'foreign'.)
คำตรงข้าม
domestic (Refers to things from one's own country, opposite of 'foreign' in national origin.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
foreign language
|foreign policy
|foreign country
|foreign visitor
|foreign market
หัวข้อ
geography
|culture
|travel
|politics
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- She enjoys learning foreign languages.
- The company is expanding into foreign markets.
- Foreign visitors must show their passports at the border.
- He studied foreign policy at university.
- They import foreign goods to sell locally.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I like foreign food.
- English is a foreign language in Japan.
- We met a foreign student at school.
- This car is from a foreign country.
adjective
B1
property
2
unfamiliar or strange
Not familiar; strange or new to you.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[something] is foreign to [someone/something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may overuse 'foreign' for anything unusual, but in this sense it often has a tone of being outside one's experience rather than just odd.
คำพ้องความหมาย
alien (Implies a stronger sense of strangeness or incompatibility.)
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unfamiliar (Neutral term for something not known before.)
คำตรงข้าม
familiar (Well-known or easily recognized; opposite of foreign in this sense.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
foreign concept
|foreign idea
|foreign custom
หัวข้อ
emotions
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The idea of working from home was foreign to him.
- This concept is completely foreign to our culture.
- Her behavior seemed foreign to her usual self.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- This food is foreign to me.
- The rules are foreign to new players.
- The feeling was foreign to him.
adjective
technical
B2
property
3
not belonging to the body/system
Not naturally part of something; coming from outside it.
คำพ้องความหมาย
external (From outside; broader in scope and not necessarily unwanted.)
คำตรงข้าม
native (Naturally occurring within the body/system.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
foreign body
|foreign object
หัวข้อ
science
|medicine
|health
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The doctor removed a foreign object from his eye.
- Foreign substances can trigger an immune response.
- Engineers found a foreign particle in the fuel line.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The nurse took out a foreign object from my ear.
- A virus is a foreign thing in the body.
- Dust is a foreign substance in clean air.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
foreign
IPA
GB/fˈɔɹən/
US/fˈɔɹən/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
for - eign (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (for)
รูปคำ
Adjective
- Base: foreign
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
วลีและสำนวน
foreign affairs
1/fˈɔɹən əfˈɛɹz/
fixed phrase
international relations matters
Matters about how one country deals with other countries.
ตัวอย่าง
- She works for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Foreign affairs have been tense between the two nations lately.
foreign body
1/fˈɔɹən bˈɑdi/
fixed phrase
technical
object in wrong place/system
Something that is inside a place where it should not be, often inside the body.
ตัวอย่าง
- The X-ray showed a foreign body in his stomach.
- A small stone acted as a foreign body in the machine.
foreign exchange
1/fˈɔɹən ɪkst͡ʃˈeɪnd͡ʒ/
fixed phrase
currency trading between countries
The buying and selling of money from different countries.
ตัวอย่าง
- He works in the foreign exchange market.
- Foreign exchange rates can change daily.
foreign policy
1/fˈɔɹən pˈɑlɪsi/
fixed phrase
government's plan for other countries
A country's plan for how it will act toward other countries.
ตัวอย่าง
- The president announced changes to foreign policy.
- The president announced a change in foreign policy.
- Foreign policy decisions can affect the economy.
- Foreign policy decisions affect international trade.