英语单词

astray是什么意思

astray

英 [ə'streɪ] 美 [ə'stre]
  • adv. 误入歧途地;迷途地;迷路
  • adj. 迷路的;离开正道的;不对头的
  • n. (Astray)人名;(西)阿斯特赖

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【记】a + stray 无目的方向的走,迷路,偏离;a 无 + street 无路走→迷路;音:我死追,我死命追坏人,结果迷路

中文词源


astray 走偏

来自短语on stray.

英文词源


astray (adv.)
c. 1300, astraied "away from home; lost," borrowed and partially nativized from Old French estraie, past participle of estraier "astray, riderless (of a horse), lost," literally "on stray" (see stray (v.)).

双语例句


1. We drove east to Rostock, where my map led me astray.
我们驱车向东去罗斯托克,但地图却给我指错了方向。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The judge thought he'd been led astray by older children.
法官认为他已经被那些年长的孩子们带坏了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. How can millions of dollars go astray?
几百万美元怎么可能不翼而飞呢?

来自柯林斯例句

4. The attractions of the big city soon led him astray.
大城市的诱惑很快把他引上邪路.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Many items of mail being sent to her have gone astray.
寄给她的许多邮件失落了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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