straggle
🇬🇧 UK/strægl/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
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 Englishstraggleother
=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.