straggles
v. 蔓延( straggle的第三人稱單數 ); 散漫; 落伍; 落後
If people straggle somewhere, they move there slowly, in small groups with large, irregular gaps between them.
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,有些去廚房幹活去了,有些去大廳了。
If a small quantity of things straggle over an area, they cover it in an uneven or untidy way.
Her grey hair straggled in wisps about her face...
她那灰白的頭髮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佈的郊區了。
The path straggles out a mile long.
小路迂曲一英里長.
The town straggles out into the country.
該鎮零亂地向郊外延伸.