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stray v.偏离，迷路；a.迷了路的；零落的 stray (v.) c.1300, a shortening of Old French estraier "wander about, roam, drift, run loose," said of animals, especially a horse without a master, also of persons, perhaps literally "go about the streets," from estree "route, highway," from Late Latin via strata "paved road" (see street). On another theory, the Old French word is from Vulgar Latin *estragare, a contraction of *estravagare, representing Latin extra vagari "to wander outside" (see extravagant). Figurative sense of "to wander from the path of rectitude" is attested from early 14c. Related: Strayed; straying.stray (n.) "domestic animal found wandering," early 13c., from Anglo-French noun use of Old French estraié "strayed, riderless," past participle adjective from estraier "to roam, drift, run loose" (see stray (v.)).stray (adj.) c.1600, of animals; 19c. of persons and things, from stray (n.) and in part a shortening of astray. 【记】可能源自extra-；音：死追，被人死命追，结果迷路；street 上乱走

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[strei] 【英】 v. 偏离，迷路(wander away);【考】 stray : group / digress : subject(离群是离开群体/离 题是离开主题)【例】 The streets were empt except for a few stray passers-by. v. 偏离正确道路; 迷路; 离题; adj 迷路的【记】源于: street(n 街道)【类】stray: group = digress: subject[topic]离群是离开群体 = 离题是离开主题

单词	stray
音标	[strei]
解释	v.偏离，迷路；a.迷了路的；零落的
红宝书	【英】 v. 偏离，迷路(wander away); 【考】 stray : group / digress : subject(离群是离开群体/离题是离开主题) 【例】 The streets were empt except for a few stray passers-by.
字源	stray (v.) c.1300, a shortening of Old French estraier "wander about, roam, drift, run loose," said of animals, especially a horse without a master, also of persons, perhaps literally "go about the streets," from estree "route, highway," from Late Latin via strata "paved road" (see street). On another theory, the Old French word is from Vulgar Latin estragare, a contraction of estravagare, representing Latin extra vagari "to wander outside" (see extravagant). Figurative sense of "to wander from the path of rectitude" is attested from early 14c. Related: Strayed; straying. stray (n.) "domestic animal found wandering," early 13c., from Anglo-French noun use of Old French estraié "strayed, riderless," past participle adjective from estraier "to roam, drift, run loose" (see stray (v.)). stray (adj.) c.1600, of animals; 19c. of persons and things, from stray (n.) and in part a shortening of astray.
不择手段背单词	v. 偏离正确道路; 迷路; 离题; adj 迷路的【记】源于: street(n 街道) 【类】stray: group = digress: subject[topic]离群是离开群体 = 离题是离开主题
趣味全助记	【记】可能源自extra-；音：死追，被人死命追，结果迷路；street 上乱走

Stray French Latin V Group Shortening Estraier Roam