straggle
英 [ˈstræɡ.əl]
美 [ˈstræɡ.əl]
1. stretch => straggle.
2. 谐音“四拽哥、四拽搁”。
straggle 蔓延,蔓生,落伍,掉队词源不详,可能最终来自 PIE*stere,展开,词源同 straw,strew,stratum,structure.-le,表反复。引 申词义蔓延,蔓生,并用于指士兵偏离队伍,落伍,掉队等。
- straggle
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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.
- 1. Keep up with the rest of us and don't straggle.
- 要跟上我们的人,别掉队.
- 2. Close up . Don't straggle along.
- 跟上队伍, 不要哩哩啦啦的.
- 3. Weeds straggle over the garden.
- 花园里野草蔓延.
- 4. Spartans: Why does our god straggle!
- 斯巴达战士: 我们的神为何如此迷失!
- 5. The villages straggle in the mountains.
- 村庄散布在山林之中.