estray

n. 离开原居住地的人, 走失的家畜

发音

/ə.stɹeɪ/

词形变化

estrays 复数 estrays estrayed estraying estrays 三单 estraying 现在分词 estrayed 过去式 estrayed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.

    法律
  2. 2.

    Stray.

    古体
v.
  1. 1.

    To stray.

    古体

词源

From Middle English astrai, from Anglo-Norman estray, from the Old French verb estraier. Etymological doublet with stray.

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