straggle

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

straggles

V_ing/Gerund

straggling

V_ed/pp

straggled

1.
(intransitive)To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own.
2.
(intransitive)To act in a disorderly and irregular way.
3.
To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

straggles

1.
An irregular, spread-out group.
2.
An outlier; something that has strayed beyond the normal limits.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English straglen, of uncertain origin, possibly from (or cognate to) dialectal stragla (to walk laboriously).