straggle

英 ['stræɡl] 美 ['stræɡl]

• v. 分散；蔓延；散乱分布；掉队
• n. 散乱的一群

英英释义

Noun:

1. a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons);

   "a straggle of outbuildings"
   "a straggle of followers"
   

Verb:

1. wander from a direct or straight course

2. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way;

   "Branches straggling out quite far"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Vines are straggling over the fences.
   藤蔓在篱笆上爬着。　
2. The villages straggle in the mountains.
   村庄散布在山林之中。
3. A few young children are straggling along behind their parents.
   几个孩子跟不上父母的步子，落在后面。

经典引文

• Gypsy hovels appeared and a straggle of kilns and sheds.

  出自： P. L. Fermor

• Her..hair poked in straggles round her ears.

  出自： L. Erdrich

• They sickened or straggled or frankly deserted.

  出自：Quarterly Review

• The mourners straggled out into the road.

  出自： P. Lively

近反义词

【近义词】

• stray 走失的家畜
• ramble 漫步
• sprawl 躺卧
• wander 漫步
• roam 漫游
• rove 漂泊
• drift 漂流
• lag 落后
• lag behind 落后
• trail 踪迹
• trail behind 牵引式的
• fall behind 落后
• drop behind 落伍
• spread out 伸开
• extend 延伸
• spread 传播
• err 犯错
• maunder 絮叨
• meander 缓慢而弯曲地流动...
• thread 线
• digress 走向岔道
• depart 离开
• sidetrack 使降至次要地位...