stray
US: /ˈstɹeɪ/
UK: /stɹˈeɪ/
UK: /stɹˈeɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
stray /strei/
- tính từ
- lạc, bị lạc
- rải rác, lác đác, tản mạn
- a few stray houses: vài nhà rải rác
- danh từ
- súc vật bị lạc; ngươi bị lạc, trẻ bị lạc
- tài sản không có kế thừa
- (rađiô) ((thường) số nhiều) âm tạp quyển khí
- waifs and strays
- (xem) waif
- nội động từ
- lạc đường, đi lạc
- lầm đường lạc lối
- (thơ ca) lang thang
Advanced English dictionary
verb, adjective, noun
+ verb [V]
1 [usually +adv./prep.] to move away from the place where you should be, without intending to: He strayed into the path of an oncoming car. + Her eyes kept straying over to the clock on the wall. + His hand strayed to the telephone. + Her parents fear that, living in this neighbourhood, she might stray into the wrong company. + He can't have strayed far. + I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction and became hopelessly lost.
2 [usually +adv./prep.] to begin to think about or discuss a different subject from the one you should be thinking about or discussing: My mind kept straying back to our last talk together. + We seem to be straying from the main theme of the debate. + The conversation had begun to stray into dangerous territory.
3 (of a person who is married or in a relationship) to have a sexual relationship with sb who is not your usual partner: It had never occurred to her that her husband might stray while he was away on business.
+ adjective [only before noun]
1 (of animals normally kept as pets) lost from home; having no home: stray dogs / cats
2 separated from other things or people of the same kind: A civilian was killed by a stray bullet. + a few stray hairs
+ noun
1 an animal that has got lost or separated from its owner or that has no owner
See also -
2 a person or thing that is not in the right place or is separated from others of the same kind
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 wander, roam, rove, range, straggle, drift, meander:
They found the ponies straying up the valley and across the moor.
2 deviate, diverge, wander, digress, ramble, divagate, get or go off the track or subject, go off on or at a tangent, get sidetracked:
She let her mind stray from the matter in hand.
n.
3 straggler, vagrant, waif, US dogie:
They have always taken in and cared for strays.
adj.
4 vagrant, lost, roving, roaming, wandering, homeless, derelict, abandoned:
The problem with stray pets increases when people abandon them on returning home after the summer.
5 random, casual, chance, accidental, haphazard, singular, freak, accidental, unexpected:
A stray bullet caught him in the leg.
6 isolated, separate(d), lone, odd, single:
She brushed a stray hair from her face.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
far
The animals hadn't strayed too far.
| accidentally, involuntarily
Her eyes strayed involuntarily.
VERB + STRAY
allow sth to
new penalties for owners who allow their dogs to stray
PREP.
from
Be careful not to stray from the path.
| into, off, to
His eyes strayed to the telephone. (figurative) Her thoughts strayed to the journey ahead of her.
Concise English dictionary
strays|strayed|strayingstreɪ
noun
+homeless cat
verb
+move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
+wander from a direct course or at random
+lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
adj.
+not close together in time
