- a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others落后者：
staff were under enormous pressure and there was no time for laggards.
员工压力巨大, 落后者不能再怠惰了。
- slower than desired or expected迟缓的, 缓慢的, 不够快的：
a bell to summon laggard children to school.
召唤上学拖拉的小孩的铃声。
派生词
laggardly
adjective & adverblaggardness
noun词源
early 18th cent. (as an adjective)： from LAG1 .