Word · Frequency #20783
straggling
落后；掉队；落在后面
straggling is the present participle of straggle.
to lag behind or move slowly at a distance from those in front
- 1.
To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
偏离正常路线和同类；游荡,流浪。
- 2.
To act in a disorderly and irregular way.
以杂乱无规律的方式行动。
- 3.
Grow or hang messily.
杂乱地生长或悬挂。
- 4.
To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
缓慢移动,落在前面的人后面。
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。
In use
After the long hike, several tired walkers began to straggle behind the group.
The children straggled into the classroom one by one after recess.
A few fans were still straggling out of the stadium long after the match ended.
Verb forms
base straggle · third person straggles · -ing straggling · past straggled · past participle straggled
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- straggle behind
- 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。
- straggle in
- 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。
- straggle along
- 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。
- straggle across
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- straggle in
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：掉队的羊在后面慢慢走，羊毛散乱披散，像乱长的藤蔓——straggle。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：groups or people moving in a line、plants, hair, or clothing hanging untidily、literary descriptions of wandering or straying 该词整体为中性偏书面，不同义项语域有差异：表示“落后/掉队”较常见，多用于叙述；表示“蔓生/披散”常见于描写性文字；表示“游荡/偏离”则偏文学或正式。口语中不常用。
Grammar Note
通常不及物，表示掉队、落伍或蔓延
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 straggle 真正押韵的有 gaggle、haggle、draggle（重读元音及后面的 /ɡəl/ 相同：/æɡəl/）。strangle、wrangle、angle 拼写相近，但发音多一个 /ŋ/（/stræŋɡəl/、/ræŋɡəl/、/æŋɡəl/），并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
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