stray
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verb no object
move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place:
〖～＋副詞〗 〈人･乗り物･動物などが〉横道へそれる, はぐれる, (それて)さまよう, 道に迷う; 迷い込む (!〖副詞〗は場所･方向の表現)
e.g. dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray
e.g. the military arrested anyone who strayed into the exclusion zone
e.g. I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction.
(of the eyes or a hand) move idly or casually in a specified direction:
〈話･考えなどが〉 «…から/…へ» 横道にそれる, 脱線する «from/into, towards» ; 〈視線･気持ちなどが〉あちこち移る, «…に» それる «to»
e.g. her eyes strayed to the telephone.
(of a person who is married or in a long-term relationship) be unfaithful:
不倫をする
e.g. men who stray are seen as more exciting and desirable.
literary wander or roam in a specified direction:
e.g. over these mounds the Kurdish shepherd strays.
adjective attributive
1. not in the right place; separated from the group or target:
それた; 時折の, まばらな, 散在する; ほつれた〈髪など〉
e.g. he pushed a few stray hairs from her face
e.g. she was killed by a stray bullet.
(of a domestic animal) having no home or having wandered away from home:
道に迷った, はぐれた〈動物など〉(lost); 家のない
e.g. stray dogs.
2. Physics (of a physical quantity) arising as a consequence of the laws of physics, not by deliberate design, and usually having a detrimental effect on the operation or efficiency of equipment:
e.g. stray capacitance.
noun
1. a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.
｟くだけて｠ 本来あるべき所からはずれている人［物］; 道に迷った［飼い主のいない］動物
2. (strays) electrical phenomena interfering with radio reception.
〖～s〗 空電〘雑音電波〙
DERIVATIVES
strayer noun
ORIGIN
Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray.