a·stray
adverb/əˈstreɪ/
/əˈstreɪ/
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘distant from the correct path’): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French estraie, past participle of estraier, based on Latin extra ‘out of bounds’ + vagari ‘wander’.
Idioms Idioms
go astray
- to become lost; to be stolen
丢失；被盗 - Several letters went astray or were not delivered.
有几封信丢失或未投递。 - We locked up our valuables so they would not go astray.
我们把贵重物品锁了起来以免被盗。
- Several letters went astray or were not delivered.
- to go in the wrong direction or to have the wrong result
走错方向；误入歧途 - Fortunately the gunman's shots went astray.
幸好持枪歹徒把子弹打偏了。 - The argument is so complex, a reader might easily go astray.
这个论点是如此复杂，读者很容易误入歧途。
- Fortunately the gunman's shots went astray.
lead somebody astray
- to make somebody go in the wrong direction or do things that are wrong
把某人引入歧途 - Jack's parents thought the other boys might lead him astray.
杰克的父母认为，其他的男孩可能会把他引入歧途。
- Jack's parents thought the other boys might lead him astray.