| 单词 | stray |
| 释义 | stray —strayer, n. /stray/, v.i. 1. to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, esp. without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road. 2. to wander; roam: The new puppy strayed from room to room. 3. to go astray; deviate, as from a moral, religious, or philosophical course: to stray from the teachings of the church. 4. to digress or become distracted. n. 5. a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner. 6. any homeless or friendless person or animal. 7. a person or animal that strays: the strays of a flock. 8. strays, Radio. static. adj. 9. straying or having strayed, as a domestic animal. 10. found or occurring apart from others or as an isolated or casual instance; incidental or occasional. 11. Radio. undesired: stray capacitance. [1250-1300; (v.) ME strayen, aph. var. of ASTRAIEN, ESTRAIEN < MF estraier < VL *extravagare to wander out of bounds (see EXTRAVAGANT); (n.) ME, in part deriv. of the v., in part < AF stray, MF estrai, deriv. of estraier] Syn. 1. rove, range. 2. meander. 3. err. |
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