| 单词 | stray |
| 释义 | stray (streɪ ) Word forms: strays , straying , strayed 1. verb If someone strays somewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be. Tourists often get lost and stray into dangerous areas. [VERB preposition/adverb] Crews stray outside to film the view from the pavement. [VERB preposition/adverb] A railway line crosses the park so children must not be allowed to stray. [VERB] Synonyms: wander, roam, go astray, range 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A stray dog or cat has wandered away from its owner's home. A stray dog came up to him. ...a refuge for stray cats. Stray is also a noun. The dog was a stray which had been adopted. 3. verb 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. Even with the simplest cases I find my mind straying. [VERB] She could not keep her eyes from straying towards him. [VERB] Synonyms: drift, wander, roam, meander 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use stray to describe something that exists separated from other similar things. An 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet. She shrugged a stray lock of hair out of her eyes. Synonyms: random, chance, freak, accidental Collocations: stray bit Tidy up any stray bits with a clean bud dipped in eye make-up remover. Times, Sunday Times As well as the pleasure of watching them get narked at each other, while relishing the absurdity of the journey, stray bits of river history filtered through. Times, Sunday Times Fringing wanders all over the place, and you spend all night trying to gather all the stray bits, while also listening to your friends/the band/the movie. Times, Sunday Times Leave to rest for 10 minutes, then break off the hardened crust and remove any stray bits of salt. Times, Sunday Times All the cars are now fully deformable, and stray bits of debris stay on the track. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 走失的动物, 走失的狗或猫, 走失 Japanese: 捨[す]て･･･, 迷子の, はぐれる |
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