stray
verb
adj
noun
streɪ
verb
1
to
move
away
from
the
place
you
should
be
走离; 走失，迷路
[+
into/onto/from
]
Three
of
the
soldiers
strayed
into
enemy
territory.
三名士兵迷了路，误入敌军阵地。
2
to
begin
to
deal
with
or
think
about
a
different
subject
from
the
main
one,
without
intending
to
离题
[+
into/onto/from
]
We’re
straying
into
ethnic
issues
here.
我们偏离主题，讨论起了种族问题。
This
meeting
is
beginning
to
stray
from
the
point
.
会议开始偏离主题了。
3
if
your
eyes
stray,
you
begin
to
look
at
something
else,
usually
without
intending
to
〔眼睛〕走神，看往别处
[+
to/back/over
etc
]
Her
eyes
strayed
to
the
clock.
她眼睛开始瞟钟。
4
to
start
doing
something
that
is
wrong
or
immoral,
when
usually
you
do
not
do
this
入歧途; 犯错误; 犯罪; 堕落
adj
5
a
stray
animal,
such
as
a
dog
or
cat,
is
lost
or
has
no
home
〔动物〕走失的，迷路的，流浪的
6
accidentally
separated
from
other
things
of
the
same
kind
离散的; 零落的
One
man
was
hit
by
a
stray
bullet
and
taken
to
hospital.
一名男子被流弹击中，被送往医院。
noun
7
an
animal
that
is
lost
or
has
no
home
走失 （流浪 ）的动物
8
someone
or
something
that
has
become
separated
from
others
of
the
same
kind
[非正式] 离开同类的人; 离开原位的东西
informal