英语词汇“stragglers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Verb The children straggled in from outside. People straggled off the train. She straggled behind the rest of the group. Branches straggled out and blocked the path.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Isolated pedestrians straggle across the sunbaked span.

Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 In the longer races, some competitors would straggle to the finish line well after Heiden had won and departed.

Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022 Separated from their family and each other, each boy found a way to straggle home on his own.

Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021 These best-guess first estimates are often refined as responses straggle in from more of the 697,000 establishments surveyed each month, including major employers, government agencies and a rotating cast of small businesses.

Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021 Other jurisdictions have also been working out how to handle employees who straggle or refuse to follow vaccination mandates.

Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021 As the students straggle in, those who are about to lead the service gather for a quick prayer, standing on the basketball court near the corner three-point line.

Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2021 The architecture of the new buildings — the final pair, including a tower with a skate park out front, will straggle along a few years from now — is a case study in working creatively within severe constraints.

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 30 June 2021 The middle seat has become a critical issue for airlines as coronavirus-wary leisure travelers straggle back onto planes.

Justin Bachman, Bloomberg.com, 22 Oct. 2020

Noun

Cloistered from civilization by a steep 900-foot climb over loose and jutting rock, the glade goes unseen by most everyone but a straggle of hikers on the Appalachian Trail, the 2,180-mile footpath carved into the roofs of 14 eastern states.

Earl Swift, Outside Online, 2 Sep. 2015 The next spring the vine leafed out solidly and there, somewhere in the foliage, hung one thin straggle of purple flowers.

Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English straglen

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1865, in the meaning defined above

单词	stragglers
释义	straggle 1 of 2 verb strag·gle ˈstra-gəl straggled; straggling ˈstra-g(ə-)liŋ intransitive verb 1 : to wander from the direct course or way : rove, stray 2 : to trail off from others of its kind little cabins straggling off into the woods straggler ˈstra-g(ə-)lər noun straggle 2 of 2 noun : a straggling group (as of persons or objects) Example Sentences Verb The children straggled in from outside. People straggled off the train. She straggled behind the rest of the group. Branches straggled out and blocked the path. Recent Examples on the Web Verb Isolated pedestrians straggle across the sunbaked span. Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 In the longer races, some competitors would straggle to the finish line well after Heiden had won and departed. Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022 Separated from their family and each other, each boy found a way to straggle home on his own. Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021 These best-guess first estimates are often refined as responses straggle in from more of the 697,000 establishments surveyed each month, including major employers, government agencies and a rotating cast of small businesses. Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021 Other jurisdictions have also been working out how to handle employees who straggle or refuse to follow vaccination mandates. Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021 As the students straggle in, those who are about to lead the service gather for a quick prayer, standing on the basketball court near the corner three-point line. Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2021 The architecture of the new buildings — the final pair, including a tower with a skate park out front, will straggle along a few years from now — is a case study in working creatively within severe constraints. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 30 June 2021 The middle seat has become a critical issue for airlines as coronavirus-wary leisure travelers straggle back onto planes. Justin Bachman, Bloomberg.com, 22 Oct. 2020 Noun Cloistered from civilization by a steep 900-foot climb over loose and jutting rock, the glade goes unseen by most everyone but a straggle of hikers on the Appalachian Trail, the 2,180-mile footpath carved into the roofs of 14 eastern states. Earl Swift, Outside Online, 2 Sep. 2015 The next spring the vine leafed out solidly and there, somewhere in the foliage, hung one thin straggle of purple flowers. Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2018 See More Word History Etymology Verb Middle English straglen First Known Use Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun 1865, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition straggle verb strag·gle ˈstra-gəl straggled; straggling 1 : to walk or move in a slow and disorderly way The children finally straggled in from outside. 2 : to move away or spread out from others of the same kind The cabins straggled into the woods. stragglers noun plural of straggler as in snails someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others by three o'clock, only a few stragglers were still making their painful way to the marathon's finish Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance snails lingerers laggards loiterers dawdlers slowpokes crawlers laggers plodders latecomers draggers delayers slugs idlers dalliers sluggards procrastinators loafers slouches lazybones loungers Antonyms & Near Antonyms speedsters hustlers scramblers speeders go-getters rushers hurriers See More
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