Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #9489
stray
流浪动物；走失的家畜
核心释义
A domestic animal that is lost or has no owner and wanders at large.
- 1.
没有围栏、合适地方或同伴的家畜,四处游荡或迷路的动物
Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
- 2.
偏离或迷路的行为
An act of wandering off or going astray.
- 3.
大气干扰的实例
An instance of atmospheric interference.
- 4.
未承诺服从特定支配者的顺从者,尤其在宠物游戏中
A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
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
用法In use
We found a stray in the park and took it to the animal shelter.
用法提示：stray 作名词，指流浪动物。
The farmer feeds the strays that come near his barn every winter.
用法提示：strays 是名词复数形式，表示多只流浪动物。
A stray wandered into our garden, so we put out some water for it.
用法提示：stray 作名词，指走失或流浪的动物。
a stray
stray 作名词时为可数名词，指某一只走失或流浪的动物，单数前用不定冠词 a/an。
A stray followed me home from the park yesterday.
昨天一只流浪动物从公园一路跟着我回家。
strays
复数形式为 strays，泛指多只流浪动物，前面可用数量词或 of 短语。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- 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.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
语法说明Grammar Note
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with stray, sharing the /eɪ/ sound. No lookalikes with different sounds are included.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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