straggle

英 ['stræg(ə)l] 美 ['stræɡl]
  • vi. 迷路;落伍,掉队;四散,蔓延
  • n. 散乱
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1. stretch => straggle.
2. 谐音“四拽哥、四拽搁”。
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。

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.
1. Keep up with the rest of us and don't straggle.
要跟上我们的人,别掉队.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Close up . Don't straggle along.
跟上队伍, 不要哩哩啦啦的.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. Weeds straggle over the garden.
花园里野草蔓延.

来自辞典例句

4. Spartans: Why does our god straggle!
斯巴达战士: 我们的神为何如此迷失!

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5. The villages straggle in the mountains.
村庄散布在山林之中.

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