strag·gle /ˈstrægəl/
(vi.)迷路,落伍,蔓延散亂
Strag·gle, n. The act of straggling. [R.]
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Strag·gle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Straggled p. pr. & vb. n. Straggling ]
1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle.
2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
The wolf spied out a straggling kid. --L'Estrange.
3. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out. --Mortimer.
4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. “Straggling pistol shots.”
They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks. --Sir W. Raleigh.
straggle
n : a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons);
"a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
v 1: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack, depart,
digress]
2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way;
"Branches straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl]