| 单词 | lag |
| 释义 | lag (once / 1109 pages) 1vn 2n 3v 4v 5v When you can't keep up with your fellow marathon runners, you can say that you lag behind them. The word lag describes a kind of slowness or delay. As a noun, it means a slowing: "The coach was disappointed by the lag in her swimmers' best times that day." When you lag behind someone, you fall back or don't measure up. A student who struggles with math, for example, might say that his grades lag behind his best friend's. In the 1550s, lag meant "last person." WORD FAMILYlag: lagged, lagger, lagging, lags+/lagger: laggers/lagging: laggings USAGE EXAMPLESKlawans frequently held cash while the market was rising; the fund seldom lost money, but often lagged the market. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Furman also suggested that consumer confidence was a lagging indicator. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) Typically, there’s about a six-month lag between the time demand starts to slow and prices begin to fall, Soper said from his Toronto office. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. Syn|Hypo|Hyper dawdle, fall back, fall behind drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail to lag or linger behind follow to travel behind, go after, come after 2n the act of slowing down or falling behind Syn|Hyper retardation, slowdown delay, holdup the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time 3n the time between one event, process, or period and another 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper interim, meantime, meanwhile interregnum the time between two reigns, governments, etc. interval, time interval a definite length of time marked off by two instants n one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket 3Syn|Hyper stave slat, spline a thin strip (wood or metal) v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail 4Syn|Hyper gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put away, put behind bars, remand confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement v cover with lagging to prevent heat loss 5lag pipes Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered v throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins Hyper flip, pitch, sky, toss throw or toss with a light motion |
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