单词 | stray |
释义 | Word Frequency stray(streɪ) verb (intransitive) 1. to wander away, as from the correct path or from a given area 2. to wander haphazardly 3. to digress from the point, lose concentration, etc 4. to deviate from certain moral standards noun 5. a. a domestic animal, fowl, etc, that has wandered away from its place of keeping and is lost b. (as modifier) stray dogs 6. a lost or homeless person, esp a child waifs and strays 7. an isolated or random occurrence, specimen, etc, that is out of place or outside the usual pattern adjective 8. scattered, random, or haphazard a stray bullet grazed his thigh Derived forms strayer (ˈstrayer) noun Word origin C14: from Old French estraier, from Vulgar Latin estragāre (unattested), from Latin extrā- outside + vagāri to roam; see astray, extravagant, stravaig |
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