stray
verb/streɪ/
/streɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they stray | /streɪ/ /streɪ/ |
| he / she / it strays | /streɪz/ /streɪz/ |
| past simple strayed | /streɪd/ /streɪd/ |
| past participle strayed | /streɪd/ /streɪd/ |
| -ing form straying | /ˈstreɪɪŋ/ /ˈstreɪɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move away from the place where you should be, without intending to
迷路；偏离；走失 - He strayed into the path of an oncoming car.
他偏到了一辆迎面驶来的汽车的行车路线上。 - Her eyes kept straying over to the clock on the wall.
她的目光不时瞟向墙上的钟。 - His hand strayed to the telephone.
他的手移向电话。 - He can’t have strayed far.
他不可能走得太远。 - I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction and became hopelessly lost.
我误入了几个街区，最终迷路了。
Extra Examples- He never strayed far from his home.
他从未远离过家。 - Her eyes strayed involuntarily.
她的目光不由自主地移开了。 - His eyes strayed to the telephone.
他的目光转向电话。 - The animals hadn't strayed too far.
这些动物没有走太远。 - new penalties for owners who allow their dogs to stray
对那些让狗随意乱跑的养狗人的新惩罚措施
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- far
- never
- rarely
- …
- allow something to
- from
- into
- off
- …
- He strayed into the path of an oncoming car.
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to begin to think about or discuss a different subject from the one you should be thinking about or discussing
偏离正题；走神；离题 - My mind kept straying back to our last talk together.
我老走神，一再回想起我们上次在一起交谈的情景。 - We seem to be straying from the main theme of the debate.
我们似乎是偏离了辩论的主题。 - The conversation had begun to stray into dangerous territory.
谈话已经开始偏离危险的领域。
Extra Examples- Her thoughts strayed to the journey ahead of her.
她的思绪飘到了前方的旅程上。 - The teachers rarely stray away from the approved textbook.
教师很少偏离规定的教科书的内容。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- far
- never
- rarely
- …
- allow something to
- from
- into
- off
- …
- My mind kept straying back to our last talk together.
- [intransitive] (of a person who is married or in a relationship) to have a sexual relationship with somebody who is not your usual partner
有外遇；拈花惹草 - Were you ever tempted to stray when you were away from home?
当你离家在外时，你有没有想过出轨？
- Were you ever tempted to stray when you were away from home?
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray.