straggle

英 [ˈstræɡl]

美 [ˈstræɡl]

v.  蔓生; 杂乱地蔓延; 散布; 落伍; 掉队; 落在后面

现在分词：straggling　过去式：straggled　第三人称单数：straggles　过去分词：straggled　复数：straggles　

GRETEM8

BNC.20783 / COCA.20279

牛津词典

verb

• 蔓生；杂乱地蔓延；散布
  to grow, spread or move in an untidy way in different directions
  1. The town straggled to an end and the fields began.
     城边上横七竖八的建筑不再蔓延，田野展现出来。
• 落伍；掉队；落在后面
  to move slowly behind a group of people that you are with so that you become separated from them
  1. On the way the kids straggled behind us.
     在路上，那几个孩子落在了我们后面。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 散乱地移动;零星地走
  If peoplestragglesomewhere, they move there slowly, in small groups with large, irregular gaps between them.
  1. They came straggling up the cliff road...
     他们零零散散地沿着悬崖小路走上来。
  2. The other boys straggled away, some to their work in the kitchen, some to the great hall.
     其他男孩散开了，有些去厨房干活去了，有些去大厅了。
• VERB 散乱地分布;散布
  If a small quantity of thingsstraggleover an area, they cover it in an uneven or untidy way.
  1. Her grey hair straggled in wisps about her face...
     她那灰白的头发一缕缕地披散在脸旁。
  2. They were beyond the last straggling suburbs now.
     他们现在已经远离了最远的零星分布的郊区了。

英英释义

noun

• a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
  1. a straggle of outbuildings
  2. a straggle of followers

verb

• go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
  1. Branches straggling out quite far
  Synonym:sprawl
• wander from a direct or straight course
  Synonym:sidetrackdepartdigress

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