來自古法語 estraier,漫游，流浪，偏離，可能來自通俗拉丁語*estragare,縮寫自 estravagare, 來自拉丁語 extra vagari,漫游，偏離，詞源同 extravagant,vagary.拼寫比較 strange,extraneous.
英文詞源
stray (v.)
c. 1300, a shortening of Old French estraier "wander about, roam, drift, run loose," said of animals, especially a horse without a master, also of persons, perhaps literally "go about the streets," from estree "route, highway," from Late Latin via strata "paved road" (see street). On another theory, the Old French word is from Vulgar Latin *estragare, a contraction of *estravagare, representing Latin extra vagari "to wander outside" (see extravagant). Figurative sense of "to wander from the path of rectitude" is attested from early 14c. Related: Strayed; straying.
stray (n.)
"domestic animal found wandering," early 13c., from Anglo-French noun use of Old French estraié "strayed, riderless," past participle adjective from estraier "to roam, drift, run loose" (see stray (v.)).
stray (adj.)
c. 1600, of animals; 19c. of persons and things, from stray (n.) and in part a shortening of astray.
雙語例句
1. She shrugged a stray lock of hair out of her eyes.
她把一縷散發從眼前甩開。
來自柯林斯例句
2. An 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet.
一名8歲男孩兒被流彈打死。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Crews stray outside to film the view from the pavement.