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stray

/strei/

noun

流浪动物；走失的家畜

A domestic animal that is lost or has no owner and wanders at large.

1.
Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
没有围栏、合适地方或同伴的家畜,四处游荡或迷路的动物
2.
An act of wandering off or going astray.
偏离或迷路的行为
3.
An instance of atmospheric interference.
大气干扰的实例
4.
A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
未承诺服从特定支配者的顺从者,尤其在宠物游戏中

走失；迷失；偏离正道；天电干扰；大气干扰；无主顺从者；没有围栏、合适地方或同伴的家畜,四处游荡或迷路的动物；偏离或迷路的行为

In use

We found a stray in the park and took it to the animal shelter.

我们在公园里发现一只流浪动物，把它送到了动物收容所。

The farmer feeds the strays that come near his barn every winter.

这位农民每年冬天都会喂那些来到他谷仓附近的流浪动物。

A stray wandered into our garden, so we put out some water for it.

一只流浪动物走进我们的花园，于是我们给它放了些水。

stray dog: 流浪狗; The stray dog wandered into the yard.那只流浪狗溜进了院子。
stray cat: 流浪猫; She feeds the stray cat every morning.她每天早上喂那只流浪猫。
stray bullet: 流弹; A stray bullet hit a window during the shooting.枪击中一颗流弹击中了窗户。
stray from: 偏离; Don't stray from the main topic.不要偏离主题。
stray into: 误入; We strayed into a restricted area.我们误入了禁区。
stray thoughts: 杂念

想象一只流浪猫（stray cat）在街头（street）迷路，'stray'和'street'都从'st'开头，帮您记住'走失的'意思。

语域：neutral 常见场景：宠物走失、流浪动物作为名词，'stray' 通常指走失的家畜或宠物，多用于书面或正式场合，但在日常对话中也比较常见。

注意：作名词时指走失的家畜；作形容词时指迷途的或偶然的；作动词时常用搭配from。

All listed words rhyme with stray, sharing the /eɪ/ sound. No lookalikes with different sounds are included.

Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

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