straggle
verb /ˈstræɡl/
/ˈstræɡl/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they straggle | /ˈstræɡl/ /ˈstræɡl/ |
| he / she / it straggles | /ˈstræɡlz/ /ˈstræɡlz/ |
| past simple straggled | /ˈstræɡld/ /ˈstræɡld/ |
| past participle straggled | /ˈstræɡld/ /ˈstræɡld/ |
| -ing form straggling | /ˈstræɡlɪŋ/ /ˈstræɡlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to grow, spread or move in an untidy way in different directions
蔓生；杂乱地蔓延；散布 - Her hair was straggling over her eyes.
她的头发凌乱地搭盖在双眼上。 - 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。
- Her hair was straggling over her eyes.
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move slowly behind a group of people that you are with so that you become separated from them
落伍；掉队；落在后面 - On the way the kids straggled behind us.
在路上，那几个孩子落在了我们后面。
- On the way the kids straggled behind us.
词源late Middle English: perhaps from dialect strake ‘go’.