stray
- IPA[streɪ]
英式
- move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place;(of the eyes or a hand) move idly or casually
- not in the right place; separated from the group or target;(of a domestic animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
- a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.;electrical phenomena interfering with radio reception.
noun: stray, plural noun: strays
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray the military arrested anyone who strayed into the exclusion zone 同義詞
- ▪ (of the eyes or a hand) move idly or casually her eyes strayed to the telephone
- ▪ be unfaithful to a spouse or partner men who stray are seen as more exciting and desirable 同義詞
- ▪ wander or roam over these mounds the shepherd strays 同義詞
形容詞
- 1. not in the right place; separated from the group or target he pushed a few stray hairs from her face she was killed by a stray bullet 同義詞
- ▪ (of a domestic animal) having no home or having wandered away from home stray dogs 同義詞
- 2. (of a physical quantity) arising as a consequence of the laws of physics, but unwanted and usually having a detrimental effect on the operation of equipment stray capacitance
名詞
- 1. a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.
- 2. electrical phenomena interfering with radio reception.
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- IPA[strā]
美式
- move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place: dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray the military arrested anyone who strayed into the exclusion zone
- not in the right place; separated from the group or target: he pushed a few stray hairs from her face she was killed by a stray bullet
- a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.
Oxford American Dictionary