stray

🇬🇧 UK/strei/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To wander away from a group, path, or proper limits; to deviate from the right course.

迷路,走失;偏离

n.

A domestic animal that has wandered away and is lost.

走失的动物,流浪动物

adj.

Having wandered away; found in the wrong place; isolated or random.

迷途的;偶然的,零散的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
strayother
=stray

Common Collocations

  • 1.stray cat流浪猫
  • 2.stray bullet流弹
  • 3.stray from the path偏离正轨
  • 4.stray thought杂念

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The hikers strayed from the marked trail and got lost in the forest.

  • 2.

    During the lecture, his thoughts kept straying to the weekend plans.

  • 3.

    A stray cat wandered into our yard and refused to leave.

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