stray

/streɪ/📚 9456 2六级托福
If someone strays somewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be. 走失

verb [vt. 及物动词]走失,迷路;走神,离题;(眼睛,手)悠闲 (或漫不经心)地移动;入歧途,犯错误;有外遇,在别处拈花惹草;<文>游荡,徘徊

If your mind or your eyes stray, you do not concentrate on or look at one particular subject, but start thinking about or looking at other things.
(思想或视线) 不集中

adjective [原级](动物)走失的,流浪的;离散的,零落的;(物理量)杂散的

You use stray to describe something that exists separated from other similar things.
离群的•  An 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet. 一个8岁的男孩被一颗流弹打死。

noun [抽象名词]走失(流浪)的动物;离群者,走散者;天电干扰

The dog was a stray which had been adopted.
这只狗是被收养的流浪狗。

stray 出现在下面的课文中(提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习)
Lesson 33 A day to remember stray 形容词: 迷失的,离群的
死追 → 怎么追也追不上 → 迷路
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Tourists often get lost and stray into dangerous areas. 旅游者们经常迷路走进一些危险区域。
A stray dog came up to him. 一只走失的狗来到他跟前。
Even with the simplest cases I find my mind straying. 即使对最简单的案例我发现自己的思想也无法集中。
An 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet. 一个8岁的男孩被一颗流弹打死。

v.走失,迷路;走神,离题

stray adj.迷路的;迷失的

  • Some of the cattle have strayed.
  • Don't stray from the point.
stray sheep 迷途羔羊Wolf looking for stray sheep, to find illegal people. 狼找离群羊,祸找违章人。
stray sheep 在圣经中指代犯了错、离开上帝指引或迷失方向的人,即“罪人”。
上帝/耶稣是牧羊人(Good Shepherd):上帝(以及他的儿子耶稣基督)被比作牧羊人,代表着关爱、引导和保护他的追随者(羊群)。
牧师:在教会中,牧师是地上的好牧人,他们受托照顾信徒的灵性需求,引导羊群(信徒)跟随上帝的道。
stray sheep 的关联:迷失的羊是牧羊人要寻找和带回的对象。这象征着上帝对每一个迷失的人(罪人)的无条件爱和拯救。就像牧羊人会撇下九十九只羊去寻找一只走失的羊一样(路加福音15章),上帝和牧师的工作就是寻回并引导那些偏离正道的人。
人们像羊一样容易走失(stray),上帝是寻找和拯救他们的牧羊人,牧师是帮助上帝牧养羊群的仆人。