straggle
英 ['stræg(ə)l]
美 ['stræɡl]
助記提示
1. stretch => straggle.
2. 諧音“四拽哥、四拽擱”。
中文詞源
straggle 蔓延,蔓生,落伍,掉隊詞源不詳,可能最終來自 PIE*stere,展開,詞源同 straw,strew,stratum,structure.-le,表反複。引 申詞義蔓延,蔓生,並用於指士兵偏離隊伍,落伍,掉隊等。
英文詞源
- straggle
- straggle: see stretch
- straggle (v.)
- early 15c., "to wander from the proper path, stray, to rove from one's companions," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian stragla "to walk laboriously"), or a frequentative of Middle English straken "to move, go." Specifically of soldiers, "be dispersed, be apart from the main body," from 1520s. Related: Straggled; straggling.
雙語例句
- 1. Keep up with the rest of us and don't straggle.
- 要跟上我們的人,別掉隊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Close up . Don't straggle along.
- 跟上隊伍, 不要哩哩啦啦的.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Weeds straggle over the garden.
- 花園裏野草蔓延.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Spartans: Why does our god straggle!
- 斯巴達戰士: 我們的神為何如此迷失!
來自互聯網
- 5. The villages straggle in the mountains.
- 村莊散布在山林之中.
來自互聯網