straggle behind
collocation落后；掉队
The slowest runners straggled behind the pack.
跑得最慢的人落在了大部队后面。
落后；掉队；落在后面
straggled — past of straggle
蔓生；披散；散乱地生长；游荡；偏离；杂乱无章地行事；散乱；偏离正常路线和同类；游荡,流浪。；以杂乱无规律的方式行动。
to lag behind or move slowly at a distance from those in front
偏离正常路线和同类；游荡,流浪。
To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
以杂乱无规律的方式行动。
To act in a disorderly and irregular way.
杂乱地生长或悬挂。
Grow or hang messily.
缓慢移动,落在前面的人后面。
To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
一般现在时
Hikers often straggle behind the group.
徒步者常常落在队伍后面。
现在进行时
The crowd is straggling out of the stadium.
人群正散乱地走出体育场。
一般过去时
The vines straggled over the fence.
藤蔓蔓延过了篱笆。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
After the long hike, several tired walkers began to straggle behind the group.
长途徒步后，几名疲惫的步行者开始落在队伍后面。
用法提示：straggle 作动词，表示“落后、掉队”，这里是“开始落在……后面”的意思。
The children straggled into the classroom one by one after recess.
课间休息后，孩子们一个接一个地陆续走进教室。
用法提示：straggled 是 straggle 的过去式，表示缓慢、零散地移动。
A few fans were still straggling out of the stadium long after the match ended.
比赛结束后很久，仍有几名球迷陆续走出体育场。
用法提示：straggling 是 straggle 的现在分词，与 were 构成过去进行时，表示缓慢地陆续离开。
强调速度比别人慢，常与behind搭配；straggle还含有分散、不整齐的意思。
可以指跟在后面或比赛中落后；straggle更强调脚步散乱、不连贯。
dawdle带有拖延、浪费时间的贬义；straggle只是客观描述散落落后。
落后；掉队
The slowest runners straggled behind the pack.
跑得最慢的人落在了大部队后面。
陆续到达；三三两两地来
Audience members straggled in just before the show started.
演出开始前，观众们才断断续续地到场。
蜿蜒延伸；缓慢零散地行进
The old fence straggles along the top of the hill.
那道旧栅栏沿着山顶蜿蜒延伸。
杂乱地蔓生；散布在……上
Weeds straggled across the abandoned garden.
杂草在废弃的花园里蔓生。
指事物不整齐地向外延伸，与 straggle 常描述类似的杂乱分布。
形容散乱分布的样子，是 straggle 所描述的状态或结果。
河流或道路弯弯曲曲，与 straggle 的曲折、无规律行进有相似性。
形容植物疯长而显得杂乱，对应 straggle 的杂乱生长之意。
形容边缘或外表不整齐，可用来描述 straggle 形成的不规则形态。
陆续到达；零零散散地进来
The guests began to straggle in after nine.
九点以后，客人们开始零零散散地陆续到达。
落在后面；掉队
The hikers straggled behind the group.
徒步者们落在了队伍的后面。
缓慢地沿路行进；零零落落地走
The tired soldiers straggled along the road.
疲惫的士兵们沿着公路零零落落地走着。
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