straggle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++strag·gle /ˈstræɡəl/ verb [intransitive] 1 SLOWif the people in a group straggle somewhere, they go there fairly slowly and with large spaces between them 散乱地慢慢走，零星地走；落后straggle in/into/through etc The children were beginning to straggle in from the playground. 孩子们开始陆陆续续地从操场上走进来。straggle behind Ali straggled behind, carrying the shopping. 阿里拎着采购的物品落在后面。2 UNTIDYto move, grow, or spread out untidily in different directions 蔓延，蔓生；零乱地散布 thin, black, straggling hair 稀疏、散乱的黑发straggle along/across/down etc Unpainted wooden buildings straggle along the main road out of town. 沿着镇外的大路零零落落地散布着一些尚未粉刷的木房子。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
straggle• I loved the row of collard greens straggling across the garden.• Her hair straggled around her face.• And got heavier as they left the small station and straggled down a steep, cinder path.• Their last surviving companion straggled in after them; he had found his way alone.• A straggling line of women and children on the move with their meager possessions atop their heads.• One by one the travelers were straggling out of Customs.• His vignettes depict scenes of trapped journalists, straggling soldiers and gruesome battles.• I imagined solemn covens chanting, straggling torchlight processions winding up to mountain tops, stone circles, sacred trees and springs.• They had been moving in a group, or trying to: actually, they had straggled widely at times.straggle in/into/through etc• The patients sit down when he does; then the little nurses arid the residents straggle in.• Their last surviving companion straggled in after them; he had found his way alone.• Soon the rest of the girls would straggle in, the mail would arrive and another week would be under way.straggle along/across/down etc• And got heavier as they left the small station and straggled down a steep, cinder path.• Copses of beech and alder appeared, straggling along the banks with their roots lost in a tangle of briars and bracken.• I loved the row of collard greens straggling across the garden.strag·gle verbChineseSyllable
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straggle
strag‧gle /ˈstræɡəl/
verb [intransitive]
1. if the people in a group straggle somewhere, they go there fairly slowly and with large spaces between them
straggle in/into/through etc
The children were beginning to straggle in from the playground.
straggle behind
Ali straggled behind, carrying the shopping.
2. to move, grow, or spread out untidily in different directions:
thin, black, straggling hair
straggle along/across/down etc
Unpainted wooden buildings straggle along the main road out of town.
strag‧gle /ˈstræɡəl/
verb [intransitive]1. if the people in a group straggle somewhere, they go there fairly slowly and with large spaces between them
straggle in/into/through etc
straggle behind
2. to move, grow, or spread out untidily in different directions:
straggle along/across/down etc