straggling

英 [ˈstræɡlɪŋ]

美 [ˈstræɡlɪŋ]

v.  蔓生; 杂乱地蔓延; 散布; 落伍; 掉队; 落在后面
straggle的现在分词

现在分词：straggling　

医学

BNC.33499 / COCA.35849

柯林斯词典

• VERB 散乱地移动;零星地走
  If peoplestragglesomewhere, they move there slowly, in small groups with large, irregular gaps between them.
  1. They came straggling up the cliff road...
     他们零零散散地沿着悬崖小路走上来。
  2. The other boys straggled away, some to their work in the kitchen, some to the great hall.
     其他男孩散开了，有些去厨房干活去了，有些去大厅了。
• VERB 散乱地分布;散布
  If a small quantity of thingsstraggleover an area, they cover it in an uneven or untidy way.
  1. Her grey hair straggled in wisps about her face...
     她那灰白的头发一缕缕地披散在脸旁。
  2. They were beyond the last straggling suburbs now.
     他们现在已经远离了最远的零星分布的郊区了。

英英释义

adj

• spreading out in different directions
  1. sprawling handwriting
  2. straggling branches
  3. straggly hair
  Synonym:sprawlingramblingstraggly

双语例句

• They were beyond the last straggling suburbs now.
  他们现在已经远离了最远的零星分布的郊区了。
• His few straggling wisps of beard twitching with emotion.
  他的几茎稀胡子簌簌地抖动。
• A few young children straggling along behind their parents.
  跟不上父母步子的几个小孩儿。
• Common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2.
  美国东部常见灌木状松树，两针一束短针叶。
• Their bundles and baskets were gathered up, and half an hour later, when the clock-chime sounded a quarter past eleven, they were straggling along the lane which led up the hill towards their homes.
  他们把他们的包裹和篮子搜集在一起，过了半小时，当教堂的钟声敲响十一点一刻的时候，他们就稀稀拉拉地走上了上山的小路，走回家去。
• Small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs.
  组成勃梯达科的一个植物小属；低矮蔓生雌雄异体灌木。
• We all had reached the destination except that Xiao Li and Xiao Zhang were straggling behind.
  除了小李和小张慢吞吞地拖在后面外，我们都到了目的地。
• Infelicitous circumstances; unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes-American Guide Series.
  悲惨的环境；不幸的商队，脱离了队伍徒步走在沼泽和藤丛之中&《美国导游丛书》。
• Straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers.
  美国西南的落后的芳香的灌木，有芳香的褐色的花。
• Chimney swallows were darting swiftly across the yard, and chickens, ducks and turkeys were waddling and strutting and straggling in from the fields.
  家燕轻快地在院场上空飞来飞去，小鸡、鸭子和火鸡都纷纷从田地里回家来了。