estray

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. Stray. archaic
    — [...] All the day / Had been a dreary one at best, and dim / Was settling to its close, yet shot one grim / Red leer to see the plain catch its estray.
动词 v.
  1. To stray. archaic
    — With other Maids to fiſh upon the Shoar; Estrays apart, and leaves her Company

词形变化

estrays plural estrays present,singular,third-person estraying participle,present estrayed participle,past estrayed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English astrai, from Anglo-Norman estray, from the Old French verb estraier. Etymological doublet with stray.
词源 2
From Middle English astrai, from Anglo-Norman estray, from the Old French verb estraier. Etymological doublet with stray.
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