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。
流浪动物;走失的家畜
strays — plural of stray
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
A domestic animal that is lost or has no owner and wanders at large.
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.
偏离或迷路的行为
An act of wandering off or going astray.
大气干扰的实例
An instance of atmospheric interference.
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
一只流浪动物走进我们的花园,于是我们给它放了些水。
用法提示:stray 作名词,指走失或流浪的动物。
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。
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。
Volunteers feed dozens of strays near the market every evening.
志愿者们每天晚上在市场附近喂养几十只流浪动物。
特指某一只流浪动物时用定冠词 the,后面常接 that 或 which 引导的定语从句。
The stray that she rescued last winter now lives with her family.
她去年冬天救下的那只流浪动物现在和她家人住在一起。
stray更常指走失的动物,而vagabond多用于人,带有贬义或浪漫色彩
stray强调迷路或走失,outcast强调被排斥
wanderer较为中性,stray更强调迷失或走失
直接对应stray的动物含义,但pet特指宠物
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many stray in the park.
正确表达There are many strays in the park.
stray 是可数名词,泛指多个时要用复数形式 strays,不能直接用单数形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子I saw stray on the street.
正确表达I saw a stray on the street.
stray 是可数名词,单数形式前必须加冠词 a/an 或 the,不能单独使用。
grammar · medium
易错句子After losing his job, he became a stray.
正确表达After losing his job, he became homeless.
stray 作名词时指走失或流浪的动物,不能用来指人;描述人无家可归应用 homeless 等词。
对应动词‘迷路,彷徨,流浪’的反义
对应形容词‘迷途的’的反义,指定向或回家的
对应名词‘走失的家畜’的反义,指被饲养的家畜
对应名词‘浪子’的反义
stray 指走失或无主的家养动物,仍属家养物种;feral 指家养动物已野化、恢复野生状态,多作形容词,不指单只走失的家畜。
vagrant 指四处流浪的人,常带法律色彩或贬义;stray 作名词指走失或流浪的动物,一般不用于人。
runaway 强调逃跑、挣脱控制,多指人或马匹,隐含从某处逃离;stray 强调无家、走失、四处游荡,不强调逃跑动作。
流浪狗
The stray dog wandered into the yard.
那只流浪狗溜进了院子。
流浪猫
She feeds the stray cat every morning.
她每天早上喂那只流浪猫。
流弹
A stray bullet hit a window during the shooting.
枪击中一颗流弹击中了窗户。
偏离
Don't stray from the main topic.
不要偏离主题。
误入
We strayed into a restricted area.
我们误入了禁区。
杂念
Meditation helps clear away stray thoughts.
冥想有助于清除杂念。
流浪动物常与宠物对比,走失的宠物即stray。
收容所收留stray动物。
stray动物通常是因为丢失。
人们可以领养stray动物。
有项圈的动物通常不是stray,但可用于识别走失宠物。
偏离正道
He has strayed from the straight and narrow.
他偏离了正道。
偏离航线
The ship strayed off course due to the storm.
船因暴风雨偏离了航线。
偏离真相
The witness began to stray from the truth under questioning.
证人在询问下开始偏离真相。
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