If people straggle somewhere, they move there slowly, in small groups with large, irregular gaps between them.
例句
They came straggling up the cliff road...他們零零散散地沿著懸崖小路走上來。The other boys straggled away, some to their work in the kitchen, some to the great hall.其他男孩散開了，有些去廚房干活去了，有些去大廳了。
VERB
散亂地分布;散布
If a small quantity of things straggle over an area, they cover it in an uneven or untidy way.
例句
Her grey hair straggled in wisps about her face...她那灰白的頭發一縷縷地披散在臉旁。They were beyond the last straggling suburbs now.他們現在已經遠離了最遠的零星分布的郊區了。
英漢詞典釋義
vi.
蔓延;散漫
Houses straggled across the countryside.房屋零亂地散布于鄉間。
落伍;落后
Keep up with the rest of us and don’t straggle.要跟上我們的人, 別掉隊。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons);
"a straggle of outbuildings""a straggle of followers"
Verb
1. wander from a direct or straight course
2. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way;