Stray Separated Eyes Streɪ Straying Lost Dog Strayed
The word "stray" has multiple meanings. As a verb, it means to wander off course, deviate from a subject, or look away. As an adjective, it describes something lost, isolated, or scattered, often animals. As a noun, it refers to a lost or ownerless animal.
The word "stray" can be used as a verb meaning to wander away from where one should be, to deviate from a topic, or to look away. It can also be used as an adjective meaning lost or wandering, typically referring to animals, or to describe something scattered or isolated. As a noun, it refers to an animal that is lost or has no owner.
[VERB 动词]迷路;偏离;走失 If someone strays somewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be.
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Tourists often get lost and stray into dangerous areas...
游客常会迷路并误入危险区域。
Crews stray outside to film the view from the pavement...
工作人员移到人行道上拍摄这一景色。
A railway line crosses the park so children must not be allowed to stray.
有一条铁路横穿该公园,因此必须禁止小孩子在附近闲逛。
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[ADJ 形容词](狗、猫)走失的,迷路的,无主的 A stray dog or cat has wandered away from its owner's home.
[ADJ n]
A stray dog came up to him.
一条野狗走近他。
...a refuge for stray cats.
流浪猫收容所
Stray is also a noun.
The dog was a stray which had been adopted.
这是条曾被收养的流浪狗。
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[VERB 动词]走神;(视线)偏离,往别处看 If your mind or your eyes stray, you do not concentrate on or look at one particular subject, but start thinking about or looking at other things.
[V]
Even with the simplest cases I find my mind straying...
即使在处理最简单的案例时我也老走神。
She could not keep her eyes from straying towards him.
她不由自主地瞟向他。
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[ADJ 形容词]零星的;离散的;散落的 You use stray to describe something that exists separated from other similar things.
[ADJ n]
An 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet...
一名 8 岁男孩儿被流弹打死。
She shrugged a stray lock of hair out of her eyes.
她把一缕散发从眼前甩开。
Oxford
stray/streɪ; NAmEstreɪ/
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straystraysstrayedstrayingverb1[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)to move away from the place where you should be, without intending to 迷路;偏离;走失◆He strayed into the path of an oncoming car.他偏到了一辆迎面驶来的汽车的行车路线上。◆Her eyes kept straying over to the clock on the wall.她的目光不时瞟向墙上的钟。2[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)to begin to think about or discuss a different subject from the one you should be thinking about or discussing 偏离正题;走神;离题◆My mind kept straying back to our last talk together.我老走神,一再回想起我们上次在一起交谈的情景。◆We seem to be straying from the main theme of the debate.我们似乎是偏离了辩论的主题。3[intransitive ](of a person who is married or in a relationship 已婚者或有固定关系者)to have a sexual relationship with sb who is not your usual partner 有外遇;在别处拈花惹草adjective[only before noun ]1(of animals normally kept as pets 常指宠物)away from home and lost; having no home 走失的;无主的◆stray dogs走失的狗2separated from other things or people of the same kind 零星的;孤立的;离群的;走散的◆A civilian was killed by a stray bullet.一个平民被流弹打死。◆a few stray hairs几根散乱的头发noun1an animal that has got lost or separated from its owner or that has no owner 走失的宠物(或家畜);无主的宠物(或家畜)☞see also
waif
2a person or thing that is not in the right place or is separated from others of the same kind 离群者;走散者;不在原位置的东西stray/streɪ; NAmEstreɪ/
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stray1 verb
stray2 adjective
stray3 noun
straystray1 /streɪ/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]
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1to move away from the place you should bestray into/onto/from Three of the soldiers strayed into enemy territory.2to begin to deal with or think about a different subject from the main one, without intending tostray into/onto/from We’re straying into ethnic issues here. This meeting is beginning to stray from the point.3if your eyes stray, you begin to look at something else, usually without intending tostray to/back/over etc Her eyes strayed to the clock.4to start doing something that is wrong or immoral, when usually you do not do this
stray1 verb
stray2 adjective
stray3 noun
straystray2 ●○○ adjective [only before noun]
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1a stray animal, such as a dog or cat, is lost or has no home2accidentally separated from other things of the same kind: One man was hit by a stray bullet and taken to hospital.
stray1 verb
stray2 adjective
stray3 noun
straystray3 noun [countable]
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1an animal that is lost or has no home2informal someone or something that has become separated from others of the same kind → waifs and strays
at waif(2)
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stray
[streɪ]strayed, straying, strays
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strayed[971] straying[309] strays[815]
偏离(40%),迷路(28%),迷途的(17%),走失的家畜(8%),浪子(5%),偏离的(2%)
n.走失的家畜;流浪者
adj.迷路的;离群的;偶遇的
vi.流浪;迷路;偏离
n.(Stray)人名;(挪)斯特雷
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