英语词汇“stray”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | adjective | noun

straystray1 /streɪ/ ●○○ verb (strays, strayed, straying) [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYstray¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French estraier, from Vulgar Latin extragare, from Latin extra- outside + vagari to wander

VERB TABLE

stray

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	stray
	he, she, it	strays
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	strayed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have strayed
	he, she, it	has strayed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had strayed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will stray
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have strayed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am straying
	he, she, it	is straying
	you, we, they	are straying
Past	I, he, she, it	was straying
	you, we, they	were straying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been straying
	he, she, it	has been straying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been straying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be straying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been straying

1to move away from the place where you should be, without intending to: stray into/onto/from Three of the soldiers strayed into enemy territory.2to begin to deal with or talk about a different subject than the main one, without intending to: For an instant his tired mind strayed.stray into/onto/from Let’s not stray too far from the topic.3if your eyes stray, you begin to look at something else, usually without intending to4if your hands or fingers stray somewhere, you touch something you should not, or touch something without really intending to5to start doing something that is wrong or immoral, when usually you do not behave in this way6stray from the fold/path etc. to do or believe something differently from other people in a group you belong to