Straggle
['stræg(ə)l] or ['stræɡl]
解释:
(noun.) a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); 'a straggle of outbuildings'; 'a straggle of followers'.
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解释:
(v. t.) To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle.
(v. t.) To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
(v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
(v. t.) To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
(n.) The act of straggling.
编辑:罗伊
同义词及近义词:
v. n. Rove, ramble, stray, stroll, range, roam, wander, deviate, digress, gad about, go out of the way, go astray.
整理:诺拉
解释:
v.i. to wander from the course: to ramble: to stretch beyond proper limits: to be dispersed.—ns. Stragg′ler one who straggles from the course: a wandering fellow: a vagabond: a migratory animal found away from its usual range; Stragg′le-tooth a misshapen or misplaced tooth.—adv. Stragg′lingly in a straggling manner.—n. Straggl′ing-mon′ey money paid for apprehending deserters and men absent without leave: money deducted from the wages of such absentees.—adj. Stragg′ly straggling spread out.
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例句:
- Don't straggle, my man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Now, whenever he left the camp he was sure to bring home game, while the other men would straggle back for the most part empty-handed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- After they had waited some time, straggling people who had heard of the accident began to come up; then the real help of implements began to arrive. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Although Sheridan had been marching all day, his troops moved with alacrity and without any straggling. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Come, straggling lights into the windows of the ugly houses; and you who do iniquity therein, do it at least with this dread scene shut out! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Heston itself was one long straggling street, running parallel to the seashore. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- And what's this straggling about in an idle sort of a way? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Straggling had entirely ceased, and every man was now a rival for the front. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Shoals of our straggling youth have been swept into the ocean by an unexpected breeze! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Coarse grass and rank weeds straggled over all the marshy land in the vicinity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Men went, but only kings and nobles straggled back; and that often only after heavy taxation for a ransom. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The few of his followers who have returned have straggled hither like this Wilfred of Ivanhoe, beggared and broken men. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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