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straggler

/strag-uhl/US // ˈstræg əl //UK // (ˈstræɡəl) //

流浪者,散兵游勇,落伍者,流浪汉

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    strag·gled, strag·gling.

    • : to stray from the road, course, or line of march.
    • : to wander about in a scattered fashion; ramble.
    • : to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals: The trees straggle over the countryside.

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Examples

  • The bulls came in groups of three or four, followed by an occasional straggler.

  • It cannot, however, be looked upon as anything more than a very rare occasional straggler, by no means occurring every year.

  • He turned to this gaunt straggler, supposing him to be "somebody's darling," and entered into conversation with him.

  • Testing out his theory he picked up a straggler, a man he knew but slightly, who happened to wander into the club at that moment.

  • At length we began to come upon various articles that had apparently been thrown away by the straggler.

  • The last swift I observed was about the 21st August; it was a straggler.