straggle
英 ['stræg(ə)l]
美['stræɡl]
- vi. 迷路；落伍，掉队；四散，蔓延
- n. 散乱
词态变化
第三人称单数: straggles;过去式: straggled;过去分词: straggled;现在分词: straggling;
助记提示
1. stretch => straggle.
2. 谐音“四拽哥、四拽搁”。
2. 谐音“四拽哥、四拽搁”。
中文词源
straggle 蔓延，蔓生，落伍，掉队
词源不详，可能最终来自 PIE*stere,展开，词源同 straw,strew,stratum,structure.-le,表反复。引 申词义蔓延，蔓生，并用于指士兵偏离队伍，落伍，掉队等。
英英释意
- 1. a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons);
- "a straggle of outbuildings"
- "a straggle of followers"
英文词源
- straggle
- straggle: see stretch
- straggle (v.)
- early 15c., "to wander from the proper path, stray, to rove from one's companions," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian stragla "to walk laboriously"), or a frequentative of Middle English straken "to move, go." Specifically of soldiers, "be dispersed, be apart from the main body," from 1520s. Related: Straggled; straggling.
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- On the way the kids straggled behind us.
- 在路上，那几个孩子落在了我们后面。
牛津词典
- They came straggling up the cliff road...
- 他们零零散散地沿着悬崖小路走上来。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Spartans: Why does our god straggle!
- 斯巴达战士: 我们的神为何如此迷失!
期刊摘选
- Keep up with the rest of us and don't straggle.
- 要跟上我们的人,别掉队.
《简明英汉词典》
- Anyone understand me gone, just leave me alone to straggle for my vague dream.
- 理解我的人亦然湮灭, 仅仅剩下我自己在为渺茫的理想而苦苦挣扎.
期刊摘选
- Weeds straggle over the garden.
- 花园里野草蔓延.
辞典例句
- We straggle behind our years , hugging our childhood as if we could not tear ourselves away.
- 年长后我们依旧对于童年缅怀与恋执,好似我们无法割舍.
期刊摘选
- The long straggle between the strikers and their employers has not yet played out.
- 罢工者和他们的雇主间的长期斗争尚未结束.
期刊摘选
- Close up . Don't straggle along.
- 跟上队伍, 不要哩哩啦啦的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Yet sill we straggle to make a difference to change the world, to dream of hope.
- 但我们仍在努力的寻求与众不同去改变世界, 去为希望而梦想.
期刊摘选
- The villages straggle in the mountains.
- 村庄散布在山林之中.
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