| 词汇 | straggler |
| 释义 | straggler noun[ C ] uk /ˈstræɡ.lər/ us /ˈstræɡ.lɚ/ a person or animal that is last in a group to do something or the last to get to or leave a place: 落伍者，掉队者;落在后面的人（或动物） We watched the last of the stragglers come in, three hours after the first runner.我们看到落在最后面的选手跑过来了，他整整落后第一名选手3个小时。 Slow and moving slowly (as) slow as molassesidiom at a snail's paceidiom by and byidiom by degreesidiom claw your way (somewhere)idiom float hang around in ones and twosidiom inch by inchidiom infiltrate infiltration jog labour sluggish sluggishly sluggishness snail staged struggle wander Examples of stragglerstraggler The first generation studied were partly composed of stragglers from hopper bands and flying swarms. His work was to lead the caravan along the correct route, and mark off the paths which stragglers were not to take. Correspondingly there are other areas, too, that still or already lie in shadow as outposts or stragglers. This is also, probably, a straggler. A few fortunate stragglers from this column were picked up in the last stages of exhaustion, their bare feet in ribbons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By and large, however, such people are only stragglers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He simply lines the heights, retires from vantage point to vantage point, cuts off stragglers and thoroughly enjoys himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we continue on selective lines we shall go into the 21st century as stragglers with the ideas of the 19th century. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Have any steps been taken to disarm or in tern the isolated deserters or stragglers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tribunal has completed its work, except for a few straggler cases, and is notifying producers of its decisions as quickly as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Very few stragglers from the legion of transgressors come before the courts, and fewer still of those who do come before the courts go inside prison. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is justified by the claim that one should negotiate with the economically and socially most advanced applicants in the hope that the stragglers will eventually catch up. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Some stragglers he has lost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Roving bands of stragglers and highwaymen filled her with unspeakable terrors for her son. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This means that a player with a pair of leapfrogging pieces has an advantage over a player with two individual stragglers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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