straggling

英 [ˈstræɡlɪŋ]

美 [ˈstræɡlɪŋ]

v.  蔓生; 杂乱地蔓延; 散布; 落伍; 掉队; 落在后面
straggle的现在分词

现在分词：straggling　

医学

BNC.33499 / COCA.35849

柯林斯词典

• VERB 散乱地移动;零星地走
  If peoplestragglesomewhere, they move there slowly, in small groups with large, irregular gaps between them.
  1. They came straggling up the cliff road...
     他们零零散散地沿着悬崖小路走上来。
  2. The other boys straggled away, some to their work in the kitchen, some to the great hall.
     其他男孩散开了，有些去厨房干活去了，有些去大厅了。
• VERB 散乱地分布;散布
  If a small quantity of thingsstraggleover an area, they cover it in an uneven or untidy way.
  1. Her grey hair straggled in wisps about her face...
     她那灰白的头发一缕缕地披散在脸旁。
  2. They were beyond the last straggling suburbs now.
     他们现在已经远离了最远的零星分布的郊区了。

英英释义

adj

• spreading out in different directions
  1. sprawling handwriting
  2. straggling branches
  3. straggly hair
  Synonym:sprawlingramblingstraggly

双语例句

• The place consisted of a straggling unmade road which was lined on either side by small houses.
  那个地方是一条弯弯曲曲的未经修筑的道路，路两边便是矮小的房舍。
• I had time for a spy's glimpse into backyards – a view of cherished private plots and straggling geese – before we jolted to a halt.
  在我们的列车摇晃着停下来之前，我还来得及迅速瞥一眼居民的后院&看到的是妥善照料的自耕地和乱窜的鹅。
• Sprawling handwriting; straggling branches; straggly hair.
  潦草的笔迹；蔓延开来的分支；散乱的头发。
• Some wisps of wavy hair had loosened from the bands at the side of her head and were straggling over her hot, red cheeks.
  几绺卷发从头一侧的发带里掉了出来，在她红得发烧的脸颊上晃荡。
• Chimney swallows were darting swiftly across the yard, and chickens, ducks and turkeys were waddling and strutting and straggling in from the fields.
  家燕轻快地在院场上空飞来飞去，小鸡、鸭子和火鸡都纷纷从田地里回家来了。
• Straggling start, small, light and soft, as if the noble white swan gently shake its wings, a piece of hair fluttering down lay it down.
  一开始零零落落，小小的，又轻又柔，仿佛那高贵的白天鹅轻轻抖动着翅膀，一片片绒毛飘飘悠悠地落了下来。
• Common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2.
  美国东部常见灌木状松树，两针一束短针叶。
• Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes. bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers.
  脱离的灌木，有窄的叶子和在密集的球状总状花序中的红花。具有艳丽的白色至微红色花朵的球茎状植物。
• Vines are straggling over the fences.
  藤蔓在篱笆上爬着。
• Their bundles and baskets were gathered up, and half an hour later, when the clock-chime sounded a quarter past eleven, they were straggling along the lane which led up the hill towards their homes.
  他们把他们的包裹和篮子搜集在一起，过了半小时，当教堂的钟声敲响十一点一刻的时候，他们就稀稀拉拉地走上了上山的小路，走回家去。