straggle

美 [ˈstræɡ(ə)l]
英 ['stræɡ(ə)l]
  • v.蔓生;杂乱地蔓延;散布;落伍
  • 网络迷路;散乱分布;分散
第三人称单数:straggles  现在分词:straggling  过去式:straggled  
straggle
v.
1.
[i]
(+ adv./prep.)
蔓生;杂乱地蔓延;散布to grow, spread or move in an untidy way in different directions
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。
2.
[i]
(+ adv./prep.)
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
On the way the kids straggled behind us.
在路上,那几个孩子落在了我们后面。