strays

英 [streɪz]

美 [streɪz]

v.  迷路; 偏离; 走失; 偏离正题; 走神; 离题; 有外遇; 在别处拈花惹草
stray的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 迷路;偏离;走失
  If someonestrayssomewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be.
  1. Tourists often get lost and stray into dangerous areas...
     游客常会迷路并误入危险区域。
  2. Crews stray outside to film the view from the pavement...
     工作人员移到人行道上拍摄这一景色。
  3. A railway line crosses the park so children must not be allowed to stray.
     有一条铁路横穿该公园，因此必须禁止小孩子在附近闲逛。
• ADJ (狗、猫)走失的，迷路的，无主的
  Astraydog or cat has wandered away from its owner's home.
  1. A stray dog came up to him.
     一条野狗走近他。
  2. ...a refuge for stray cats.
     流浪猫收容所
  3. Strayis also a noun.
     
  4. The dog was a stray which had been adopted.
     这是条曾被收养的流浪狗。
• VERB 走神;(视线)偏离，往别处看
  If your mind or your eyesstray, you do not concentrate on or look at one particular subject, but start thinking about or looking at other things.
  1. Even with the simplest cases I find my mind straying...
     即使在处理最简单的案例时我也老走神。
  2. She could not keep her eyes from straying towards him.
     她不由自主地瞟向他。
• ADJ 零星的;离散的;散落的
  You usestrayto describe something that exists separated from other similar things.
  1. An 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet...
     一名 8 岁男孩儿被流弹打死。
  2. She shrugged a stray lock of hair out of her eyes.
     她把一缕散发从眼前甩开。

双语例句

• The execution of 30 strays was put on hold when several employees refused to kill the dogs.
  好几位员工拒绝杀害狗儿，因此处死三十只流浪狗的计划暂时搁置。
• The dogs were strays that were starving.
  这些是饿极了的流浪狗。
• When he lectures he often strays from the subject.
  他做起报告来往往东拉西扯，不着边际。
• Kind of discourages people from adopting one of those strays as a second pet, doesn't it?
  像是不太鼓励人们收养流浪宠物作为家中的第二只宠物，不是吗？
• They are waifs and strays, and cast aways of society.
  他们是流浪儿，是被社会所抛弃的人。
• UNIX and Linux gurus alike will find many parts of OpenBSD familiar, and they will likely appreciate the areas in which it purposely strays from the pack.
  UNIX和Linux专家会发现OpenBSD的许多部分都很熟悉，并且，他们或许会赞赏它的与众不同之处。
• They stand ready to pounce whenever the offshore renminbi exchange rate strays too far from its onshore equivalent.
  一旦离岸人民币汇率与在岸汇率之间的溢价够高，它们能随时出手。
• To be sure, many view workaholism as a destructive addiction that requires treatment, just like alcoholism and drug addiction, as the workaholic strays from the work-life balance equation accepted by most of society.
  无可否认，许多人把工作狂看成一种有害的瘾，需要加以治疗，就像是酒瘾和毒瘾一样，因为工作狂偏离了社会上大多数人所接受的工作与生活的平衡方程。
• The product reminds me of pet insurance policies that pay for you to photocopy and distribute posters of puss if she strays.
  这种产品让我想到了那些宠物保险条款如果你的猫走失，保险会支付你复印和分发寻猫启事的费用。
• Pound Workers Refuse to Kill Strays
  动物收容所工作人员拒绝杀害流浪狗