Straggler
['stræɡlɚ]
解释:
(n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.
(n.) A roving vagabond.
(n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
(n.) Something that stands alone or by itself.
校对:韦恩
同义词及近义词：
n. Wanderer, rambler, rover, strayer, stroller, vagrant, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.
整理:泰丝
例句:
- There were stragglers going by long after the regiment had passed--men who could not keep up with their platoons. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- If he had come in by the front instead of through the stragglers in the rear, he would have thought and felt differently. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- We first came upon a few stragglers of the Irish at St. Albans. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- We decided to wait for an hour at least until all the stragglers had sought their silks. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Only a few feeble stragglers said Yes: among them Sissy Jupe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Some of the country people estimated the stragglers from Johnston's army as high as 20,000. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- She gave this information to the landlord, to the servants, to the guests, and the innumerable stragglers about the courtyard. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- First we passed the regiment, hotter and slower than ever: then the stragglers. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- The Romans blockaded, cut up convoys, attacked stragglers, and ran away whenever Hannibal appeared. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Behind which follow stragglers of the Garde-du-Corps; all humiliated, in Grenadier bonnets. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He immediately ordered the cavalry at Winchester to be deployed across the valley to stop the stragglers. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- A soldier came along after the last of the stragglers. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
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