stray 音标拼音: [str'e]
n . 走失的家畜,浪子
a . 迷途的,偶然的
vi . 迷路,彷徨,流浪
走失的家畜,浪子迷途的,偶然的迷路,彷徨,流浪
stray adj 1 :
not close together in time ; "
isolated instances of rebellion "; "
a few stray crumbs " [
synonym : {
isolated },
{
stray }]
2 : (
of an animal )
having no home or having wandered away from home ; "
a stray calf "; "
a stray dog "
n 1 :
an animal that has strayed (
especially a domestic animal )
v 1 :
move about aimlessly or without any destination ,
often in search of food or employment ; "
The gypsies roamed the woods "; "
roving vagabonds "; "
the wandering Jew "; "
The cattle roam across the prairie "; "
the laborers drift from one town to the next "; "
They rolled from town to town "
[
synonym : {
roll }, {
wander }, {
swan }, {
stray }, {
tramp }, {
roam },
{
cast }, {
ramble }, {
rove }, {
range }, {
drift }, {
vagabond }]
2 :
wander from a direct course or at random ; "
The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her "; "
don '
t drift from the set course " [
synonym : {
stray }, {
err }, {
drift }]
3 :
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing ,
thinking ,
or speaking ; "
She always digresses when telling a story "; "
her mind wanders "; "
Don '
t digress when you give a lecture " [
synonym :
{
digress }, {
stray }, {
divagate }, {
wander }]
Stray \
Stray \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Strayed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Straying }.] [
OF .
estraier ,
estraer ,
to stray ,
or as adj .,
stray ,
fr . (
assumed )
L .
stratarius roving the streets ,
fr .
L .
strata (
sc .
via )
a paved road .
See {
Street },
and {
Stray },
a .]
1 .
To wander ,
as from a direct course ;
to deviate ,
or go out of the way .
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1913 Webster ]
Thames among the wanton valleys strays . --
Denham .
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2 .
To wander from company ,
or from the proper limits ;
to rove at large ;
to roam ;
to go astray .
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Now ,
until the break of day ,
Through this house each fairy stray . --
Shak .
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A sheep doth very often stray . --
Shak .
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3 .
Figuratively ,
to wander from the path of duty or rectitude ;
to err .
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We have erred and strayed from thy ways . --???
of Com .
Prayer .
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While meaner things ,
whom instinct leads ,
Are rarely known to stray . --
Cowper .
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Syn :
To deviate ;
err ;
swerve ;
rove ;
roam ;
wander .
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Stray \
Stray \,
n .
1 .
Any domestic animal that has an inclosure ,
or its proper place and company ,
and wanders at large ,
or is lost ;
an estray .
Used also figuratively .
[
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Seeing him wander about ,
I took him up for a stray .
--
Dryden .
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2 .
The act of wandering or going astray . [
R .] --
Shak .
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Stray \
Stray \,
v .
t .
To cause to stray . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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Stray \
Stray \,
a . [
Cf .
OF .
estrai ['
e ],
p .
p .
of estraier .
See {
Stray },
v .
i .,
and cf . {
Astray }, {
Estray }.]
Having gone astray ;
strayed ;
wandering ;
as ,
a strayhorse or sheep .
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{
Stray line } (
Naut .),
that portion of the log line which is veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the stern eddies before the glass is turned .
{
Stray mark } (
Naut .),
the mark indicating the end of the stray line .
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1913 Webster ]
208 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stray ":
Arab ,
abandoned ,
aberrant ,
aberrative ,
abnormal ,
accidental ,
aimless ,
amorphous ,
anomalistic ,
anomalous ,
bat around ,
be absent ,
be in error ,
be mistaken ,
be wrong ,
beach bum ,
beachcomber ,
beggar ,
bo ,
bum ,
bummer ,
casual ,
causeless ,
chance ,
circuitous ,
count ties ,
daydream ,
depart ,
departing ,
derelict ,
designless ,
desultory ,
deviant ,
deviate ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
devious ,
different ,
digress ,
digressive ,
discursive ,
divagate ,
diverge ,
divergent ,
dogie ,
dream ,
drift ,
driftless ,
dysteleological ,
eccentric ,
err ,
errant ,
erratic ,
excurse ,
excursive ,
fall into error ,
fantasy ,
flit ,
formless ,
freak ,
gad ,
gad about ,
gallivant ,
gamin ,
gamine ,
get sidetracked ,
go about ,
go adrift ,
go amiss ,
go astray ,
go awry ,
go the rounds ,
go woolgathering ,
go wrong ,
guttersnipe ,
haphazard ,
heteroclite ,
heteromorphic ,
hit the road ,
hit the trail ,
hobo ,
homeless ,
homeless waif ,
idler ,
indirect ,
indiscriminate ,
inexplicable ,
intimation ,
irregular ,
isolated ,
jaunt ,
knock about ,
knock around ,
labyrinthine ,
landloper ,
lapse ,
lazzarone ,
loafer ,
lone ,
losel ,
lost ,
maunder ,
mazy ,
meander ,
meandering ,
mindless ,
misbelieve ,
miscalculate ,
mooch ,
moon ,
mudlark ,
muse ,
nomadize ,
odd ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
peregrinate ,
pererrate ,
piker ,
pipe -
dream ,
planetary ,
promiscuous ,
prowl ,
purposeless ,
ragamuffin ,
ragman ,
ragpicker ,
ramble ,
rambling ,
random ,
range ,
roam ,
roaming ,
rounder ,
rove ,
roving ,
run about ,
saunter ,
separated ,
serpentine ,
serve Mammon ,
shade ,
shapeless ,
shifting ,
single ,
singular ,
ski bum ,
slip ,
slip up ,
snake ,
snaky ,
sporadic ,
stargaze ,
stiff ,
stochastic ,
straggle ,
straggler ,
strain ,
straying ,
streak ,
street Arab ,
street urchin ,
stroll ,
stumble ,
subnormal ,
suggestion ,
sundowner ,
surf bum ,
suspicion ,
swagman ,
swagsman ,
swerving ,
tatterdemalion ,
tennis bum ,
tincture ,
tinge ,
touch ,
trace ,
traipse ,
tramp ,
trip ,
turn aside ,
turning ,
turnpiker ,
twist ,
twist and turn ,
twisting ,
unaccountable ,
undirected ,
unexpected ,
unmotivated ,
unnatural ,
urchin ,
vag ,
vagabond ,
vagabondize ,
vagrant ,
veering ,
waif ,
waifs and strays ,
walk the tracks ,
wander ,
wandering ,
wastrel ,
wayfare ,
wind ,
winding ,
zigzag
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