straying
present participle ofstray
| 单词 | straying |
| 释义 | straying present participle ofstray stray verb[I] uk/streɪ/us/streɪ/totravelalong aroutethat was notoriginallyintended, or tomoveoutsidealimitedarea: Aherdofcattlehad strayed into theroad. They gotlostwhen they strayedtoofarfromthepath. Theshipstrayed offcourseduring thestorm. tostartthinkingortalkingabout a differentsubjectfrom the one you should be givingattentionto: Ithinkwe've strayedtoofarfromouroriginalplan. Sorry - I've strayedfrom thesubject. Losing and loss
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Digressing and being indirect or evasive Examplesofstrayingstraying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Losses caused by predators (mainly hyenas attackingstrayinganimals) were responsible for 6-9 % of calf losses. From theCambridge English Corpus At the risk ofstrayingtoo far afield, let me provide some background on mathematical learning theory. From theCambridge English Corpus These also failed to protect enclosing farmers against travelling stockstrayingoff the path and mingling with their own animals while crossing their land. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, they acknowledged that the president had grown more comfortable instrayingaway from prepared remarks and speaking from the gut. From theCambridge English Corpus All this is of one solid block, and any accidentalstrayingmust either be ignored or cause its total collapse. From theCambridge English Corpus Hence, if reshuffles are possible, ministers' preferences for bigger budgets are tempered by a concern for notstrayingtoo far from the official party policy. From theCambridge English Corpus Rumors about ' already dead military men ' abounded in the 1940s, and contributed to many young wivesstraying. From theCambridge English Corpus We arestrayinginto the shadowy area of musical and verbal identity, and the kinds of patterns of recognition that begin to enable us to construct such identities. From theCambridge English Corpus Heaven, relieve the anguish of one who is poised between infamy and death; take pity, illuminate the gates of salvation to mystrayingfoot. From theCambridge English Corpus Klein is occasionally less surefooted whenstrayingoutside the strict confines of his subject. From theCambridge English Corpus A 'close' represented the spatial extent of property; a trespass (literally a transgression) could be perpetrated by animalsstrayingacross an imaginary line and entering the close. From theCambridge English Corpus Blainey (1982: 184-5) adds problems ofstrayingstock and new technology of iron and steel wire in his explanation of the start of fencing. From theCambridge English Corpus The purpose of the exclusion zone was to prevent aircraft and ships fromstrayinginto a possible danger area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Both of us were called to order because we werestrayingwide of the subject of the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am perhapsstrayingwide of the present amendment and touching upon one we are about to discuss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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