单词 | lag |
释义 | lag —lag /læɡ/ noun [C] (DELAY) ► F0 a delay between two things happening: » You have to allow for a time lag between order and delivery.Thesaurus+: ↑Delaying and wasting timenoun [C] UK OLD-FASHIONED INFORMAL (PRISONER) ► F0 a prisoner or a person who has often been a prisoner in the past: » an old lagThesaurus+: ↑People held in prisonverb [I] (-gg-) (MOVE SLOWLY) ↑Verb Endings for lag ► F0 to move or make progress so slowly that you are behind other people or things: » He's lagging behind a bit - I think we'd better wait for him to catch us up.» Sales are lagging at the moment.Thesaurus+: ↑Slow and moving slowlyverb [T] (-gg-) (COVER) ↑Verb Endings for lag ► F0 to cover something with a thick layer of material in order to stop heat from escaping or to stop water from freezing: » to lag pipesThesaurus+: ↑Covering and adding layersThesaurus+: ↑Construction work and workersverb [T] (-gg-) AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH INFORMAL (PRISON) ↑Verb Endings for lag ► F0 to send someone to prison or to arrest someoneThesaurus+: ↑Putting people in prisonThesaurus+: ↑Arresting and charging |
随便看 |
英语词典包含67674条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。