資料來源 : pyDict

走失的家畜,浪子迷途的,偶然的迷路,彷徨,流浪

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stray \Stray\, v. t.
   To cause to stray. [Obs.] --Shak.

Stray \Stray\, a. [Cf. OF. estrai['e], p. p. of estraier. See
   {Stray}, v. i., and cf. {Astray}, {Estray}.]
   Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or
   sheep.

   {Stray line} (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is
      veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the
      stern eddies before the glass is turned.

   {Stray mark} (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the
      stray line.

Stray \Stray\, n.
   1. Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper
      place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an
      estray. Used also figuratively.

            Seeing him wander about, I took him up for a stray.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. The act of wandering or going astray. [R.] --Shak.

Stray \Stray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Strayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Straying}.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj.,
   stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L.
   strata (sc. via) a paved road. See {Street}, and {Stray}, a.]
   1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out
      of the way.

            Thames among the wanton valleys strays. --Denham.

   2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove
      at large; to roam; to go astray.

            Now, until the break of day, Through this house each
            fairy stray.                          --Shak.

            A sheep doth very often stray.        --Shak.

   3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or
      rectitude; to err.

            We have erred and strayed from thy ways. --??? of
                                                  Com. Prayer.

            While meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely
            known to stray.                       --Cowper.

   Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander.

資料來源 : WordNet®

stray
     adj : not close together in time; "isolated instances of
           rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed
           his thigh" [syn: {isolated}, {scattered}]

stray
     n : homeless cat [syn: {alley cat}]
     v 1: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
          search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the
          woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The
          cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift
          from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to
          town" [syn: {roll}, {wander}, {swan}, {tramp}, {roam}, {cast},
           {ramble}, {rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]
     2: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed
        from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't
        drift from the set course" [syn: {err}, {drift}]
     3: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject
        of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking,
        or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story";
        "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a
        lecture" [syn: {digress}, {divagate}, {wander}]