no obj.
1- move without a specific purpose or by mistake, especially so as to get lost or arrive somewhere where one should not be游荡; 迷路, 走失; 走离：
I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction
我沿着错误的方向走了几个街区
the military arrested anyone who strayed into the exclusion zone.
军方逮捕了所有误闯禁区的人。
1.1
- move so as to escape from control or leave the place where one should be逃离, 逃脱：
dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray
狗的主人被敦促不要让狗乱跑
figurative 〈喻〉 I appear to have strayed a long way from our original topic.
看来我已经偏离我们原来的话题很远了。
1.2
- no obj., with adverbial of direction(of the eyes or a hand) move idly or casually in a specified direction（眼睛, 手）悠闲 （或漫不经心）地移动：
her eyes strayed to the telephone.
她的目光漫不经心地移向电话。
1.3
- (of a person who is married or in a long-term relationship) be unfaithful（已婚者, 长期同居者）不忠, 移情他人：
men who stray are seen as more exciting and desirable.
不忠的男人被认为更具刺激力而且更能博得欢心。
1.4
- no obj., with adverbial of direction poetic/literary wander or roam in a specified direction〈诗/文〉漫步, 徘徊, 游荡：
over these mounds the Kurdish shepherd strays.
库尔德牧羊人游荡在这些土岗上。
attrib.
1
- not in the right place; not where it should be or where other items of the same kind are不在其适当位置的; 走失的; 离群的：
he pushed a few stray hairs from her face.
他把几根凌乱的头发从她的脸上拨开。
1.1
- appearing somewhere by chance or accident; not part of a general pattern or plan偶然出现的, 偶然发生的; 孤立的：
she was killed by a stray bullet.
她是被一颗流弹打死的。
1.2
- (of a domestic animal) having no home or having wandered away from home（家畜）无家可归的; 离群的, 走失的：
stray dogs.
流浪狗。
2
- Physics (of a physical quantity) arising as a consequence of the laws of physics, not by deliberate design, and usually having a detrimental effect on the operation or efficiency of equipment【物理】（物理量）杂散的：
stray capacitance.
杂散电容。
1
- a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal迷路者; 流浪者; 走失的家畜, 离群的家畜。
2
strays
electrical phenomena interfering with radio reception天电干扰。
派生词
strayer
noun词源
Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from ASTRAY.