lag
英 [læg]
美 [læɡ]
- n. 落後;遲延;防護套;囚犯;桶板
- vt. 落後於;押往監獄;加上外套
- vi. 滯後;緩緩而行;蹣跚
- adj. 最後的
- n. (Lag)人名;(俄)拉格
助記提示
1. lag behind sb. 落後於某人。
2. 諧音“落(這是個多音字,這裏最好念:la)哥”----落後的人。
3. or from some dialectal version of last, lack, or delay.
中文詞源
lag 緩慢,滯後詞源不詳,可能來自lug,用力拖拉。引申詞義緩慢,滯後。
英文詞源
- lag
- lag: English has three distinct words lag. The verb ‘fall behind’ [16] is perhaps of Scandinavian origin (Norwegian has lagga ‘go slowly’), although a link has been suggested with the lag of fog, seg, lag, a dialect expression used in children’s games which represents an alteration of first, second, last. Lag ‘insulate’ [19] comes from an earlier noun lag ‘barrel stave’, which was also probably borrowed from a Scandinavian language (Swedish has lagg ‘stave’); the original material used for ‘lagging’ was wooden laths.
And finally the noun lag ‘prisoner’ [19] seems to have come from an earlier verb lag, which originally meant ‘steal’, and then ‘catch, imprison’; but no one knows where this came from.
- lag (v.)
- "fail to keep pace," 1520s, earlier as a noun meaning "last person" (1510s), later also as an adjective (1550s, as in lag-mon "last man"), all of uncertain relationship, possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian lagga "go slowly"), or some dialectal version of last, lack, or delay. Related: Lag; lagging. The noun meaning "retardation" is from 1855. First record of lag time is from 1951.
雙語例句
- 1. There's a time lag between infection with HIV and developing AIDS.
- 從感染艾滋病病毒到病發有一段滯後期。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. As conceit makes one lag behind, so modesty helps one make progress.
- 驕傲使人落後, 謙虛使人進步.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Ten minutes later, some of runners in the race began to lag.
- 十分鍾後, 有些參賽的人開始落後了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I staved off jet lag with a bath and an early night.
- 我洗了個澡又提前睡下,免除飛行時差的反應.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. There is a time lag of about fifteen years.
- 時間上有一段約15年的間隔.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》