词典释义：
move without a specific purpose or by mistake, especially so as to get lost or arrive somewhere where one should not be
游荡；迷路，走失；走离
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I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction 我沿着错误的方向走了几个街区
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the military arrested anyone who strayed into the exclusion zone .军方逮捕了所有误闯禁区的人。
move so as to escape from control or leave the place where one should be
逃离，逃脱
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dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray 狗的主人被敦促不要让狗乱跑
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figurative 〈喻〉I appear to have strayed a long way from our original topic .看来我已经偏离我们原来的话题很远了。
[no obj., with adverbial of direction](of the eyes or a hand)move idly or casually in a specified direction
（眼睛，手）悠闲 （或漫不经心）地移动
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her eyes strayed to the telephone .她的目光漫不经心地移向电话。
(of a person who is married or in a long-term relationship)be unfaithful
（已婚者，长期同居者）不忠，移情他人
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men who stray are seen as more exciting and desirable .不忠的男人被认为更具刺激力而且更能博得欢心。
[no obj., with adverbial of direction]
〈诗／文〉 漫步，徘徊，游荡
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over these mounds the Kurdish shepherd strays .库尔德牧羊人游荡在这些土岗上。
1 not in the right place; not where it should be or where other items of the same kind are
不在其适当位置的；走失的；离群的
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he pushed a few stray hairs from her face .他把几根凌乱的头发从她的脸上拨开。
appearing somewhere by chance or accident; not part of a general pattern or plan
偶然出现的，偶然发生的；孤立的
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she was killed by a stray bullet .她是被一颗流弹打死的。
(of a domestic animal)having no home or having wandered away from home
（家畜）无家可归的；离群的，走失的
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stray dogs .流浪狗。
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【物理】 （物理量）杂散的
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stray capacitance .杂散电容。
1 a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal
迷路者；流浪者；走失的家畜，离群的家畜。
2 (
天电干扰。
"Middle English： shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French
