straggle

🇬🇧 UK/strægl/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To fall behind or wander away from a group; to move in a scattered, irregular way

掉队,落伍;散乱地蔓延

n.

An irregular, spread-out group of people or things

散乱的一群,零散的队伍

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
straggleother
=straggle

Common Collocations

  • 1.straggle behind落在后面
  • 2.straggle along零零散散地前行
  • 3.[straggle in]陆续到来
  • 4.straggle across散乱地蔓延

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Tired hikers began to straggle behind as the trail grew steeper.

  • 2.

    Guests straggled into the hall long after the ceremony had begun.

  • 3.

    Wild vines straggled across the abandoned garden wall.

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