| 单词 | stray |
| 释义 | stray (once / 404 pages) vnadj Little Red Riding Hood strayed from the path and ended up getting eaten by the Big Bad Wolf. When you stray, you wander off without paying attention to where you're going, and sometimes you get in trouble. Stray can be used as a verb or as a noun. Your attention may stray when you're tired and listening to a very boring lecture. You may be the kind of person who brings home strays, the dogs and cats that have wandered away from their homes and are lost and hungry. When you're organizing your sock drawer and you've got one sock without a mate, you might find the stray sock left behind in the dryer. WORD FAMILYstray: strayed, strayer, strayest, straying, strays+/strayer: strayers USAGE EXAMPLESThey watched mortar shells or stray bullets kill their relatives and neighbors. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) So apparently it is only when his bending over backward results in a broken back does he stray from his false-balance goal. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) A stray backpack prompted the partial evacuation of the tower Tuesday. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1v wander from a direct course or at random The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her Syn|Hyper drift, err cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander drift, err wander from a direct course or at random wandergo via an indirect route or at no set pace maunder wander aimlessly gad, gallivant, jazz aroundwander aimlessly in search of pleasure go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 3v lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking Syn|Hyper digress, divagate, wander tell let something be known 4n an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) Hyper domestic animal, domesticated animal any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment 5adj (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home a stray calf a stray dog Syn lost no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered 6adj not close together in time a few stray crumbs Syn isolated sporadic recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances |
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