stray

verb

/streɪ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they stray	/streɪ/ /streɪ/
he / she / it strays	/streɪz/ /streɪz/
past simple strayed	/streɪd/ /streɪd/
past participle strayed	/streɪd/ /streɪd/
-ing form straying	/ˈstreɪɪŋ/ /ˈstreɪɪŋ/

[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。
- His hand strayed to the telephone.他的手伸向电话。
- He can’t have strayed far.他不可能走远了。
- I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction and became hopelessly lost.我走错了几个街区，迷路了。
- He never strayed far from his home.他从未远离过家。
- Her eyes strayed involuntarily.她的目光不由自主地移开了。
- His eyes strayed to the telephone.他的目光转向电话。
- The animals hadn't strayed too far.这些动物没有走太远。
- new penalties for owners who allow their dogs to stray对那些让狗随意乱跑的养狗人的新惩罚措施
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- far
- never
- rarely
- …
verb + stray
- allow something to
preposition
- from
- into
- off
- …
[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。
- The conversation had begun to stray into dangerous territory.谈话开始进入危险的领域。
- Her thoughts strayed to the journey ahead of her.她的思想迷失在前方的旅途中。
- The teachers rarely stray away from the approved textbook.教师很少偏离规定的教科书的内容。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- far
- never
- rarely
- …
verb + stray
- allow something to
preposition
- from
- into
- off
- …
[intransitive] (of a person who is married or in a relationship已婚或有固定关系者) to have a sexual relationship with somebody who is not your usual partner有外遇；拈花惹草
- It had never occurred to her that her husband might stray while he was away on business.她从来没有想到她丈夫出差时会有外遇。

词源Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray.

stray

adjective

/streɪ/

[only before noun]

(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
separated 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

词源Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray.