stray

英[streɪ] 美[stre]

反义词

第三人称单数: strays;过去式: strayed;过去分词: strayed;现在分词: straying;

1. st- (street) + ray => 在大街上追逐光线，结果迷路了。

stray 偏离，走失，走神，离题

来自古法语 estraier,漫游，流浪，偏离，可能来自通俗拉丁语*estragare,缩写自 estravagare, 来自拉丁语 extra vagari,漫游，偏离，词源同 extravagant,vagary.拼写比较 strange,extraneous.

stray (v.): c. 1300, a shortening of Old French estraier "wander about, roam, drift, run loose," said of animals, especially a horse without a master, also of persons, perhaps literally "go about the streets," from estree "route, highway," from Late Latin via strata "paved road" (see street). On another theory, the Old French word is from Vulgar Latin *estragare, a contraction of *estravagare, representing Latin extra vagari "to wander outside" (see extravagant). Figurative sense of "to wander from the path of rectitude" is attested from early 14c. Related: Strayed; straying.
stray (n.): "domestic animal found wandering," early 13c., from Anglo-French noun use of Old French estraié "strayed, riderless," past participle adjective from estraier "to roam, drift, run loose" (see stray (v.)).
stray (adj.): c. 1600, of animals; 19c. of persons and things, from stray (n.) and in part a shortening of astray.

3. Crews stray outside to film the view from the pavement.: 工作人员移到人行道上拍摄这一景色。