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straggle/ˈstræɡ(ə)l/ v. & n.●v. intr. 1 lack or lose compactness or tidiness 散乱；松散 2 be or become dispersed or sporadic 四散；散落 3 trail behind others in a march or race etc. (行进或赛跑等中)落后；掉队 4 (of a plant, beard, etc.) grow long and loose (植物等)蔓延，蔓生；(胡须等)蓬乱生长 ●n. a body or group of straggling or scattered persons or things 散乱(或零散)的一群人(或物) □ straggler n.□ straggly adj. (stragglier, straggliest)[Middle English, perhaps from dialect strake ‘go’, related to STRETCH] |