straggling
a . 脱离行列的;落后的
脱离行列的;落後的
straggling adj 1 :
spreading out in different directions ; "
sprawling handwriting "; "
straggling branches "; "
straggly hair "
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synonym : {
sprawling }, {
straggling }, {
rambling }, {
straggly }]
Straggle \
Strag "
gle \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Straggled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Straggling }.] [
Freq .
of OE .
straken to roam ,
to stroke .
See {
Stroke },
v .
t .]
1 .
To wander from the direct course or way ;
to rove ;
to stray ;
to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle ;
as ,
when troops are on the march ,
the men should not straggle . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To wander at large ;
to roam idly about ;
to ramble .
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The wolf spied out a straggling kid . --
L '
Estrange .
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3 .
To escape or stretch beyond proper limits ,
as the branches of a plant ;
to spread widely apart ;
to shoot too far or widely in growth .
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Trim off the small ,
superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out .
--
Mortimer .
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4 .
To be dispersed or separated ;
to occur at intervals .
"
Straggling pistol shots ." --
Sir W .
Scott .
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They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks . --
Sir W .
Raleigh .
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Straggling \
Strag "
gling \,
a . &
n .
from {
Straggle },
v .
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115 Moby Thesaurus words for "
straggling ":
aimless ,
amorphous ,
broadcast ,
capricious ,
casual ,
circumforaneous ,
desultory ,
diffuse ,
disarticulated ,
discontinuous ,
discrete ,
discursive ,
disjunct ,
disordered ,
dispersed ,
dispread ,
disproportionate ,
disseminated ,
dissipated ,
distributed ,
divagatory ,
dragged out ,
drawn ,
drawn out ,
drifting ,
elongated ,
errant ,
erratic ,
extended ,
fitful ,
flitting ,
floating ,
footloose ,
footloose and fancy -
free ,
formless ,
frivolous ,
fugitive ,
gadding ,
gratuitous ,
gypsy -
like ,
gypsyish ,
haphazard ,
hit -
or -
miss ,
immethodical ,
inchoate ,
incoherent ,
indiscriminate ,
irregular ,
landloping ,
lengthened ,
meandering ,
meaningless ,
migrational ,
migratory ,
misshapen ,
nomad ,
nomadic ,
nonsymmetrical ,
nonsystematic ,
nonuniform ,
orderless ,
planless ,
prolongated ,
prolonged ,
promiscuous ,
protracted ,
pulled ,
rambling ,
random ,
ranging ,
roaming ,
roving ,
scattered ,
senseless ,
shapeless ,
shifting ,
sparse ,
spasmodic ,
sporadic ,
spread ,
spun out ,
straggly ,
strained ,
straying ,
stretched ,
stretched out ,
strewn ,
strolling ,
strown ,
strung out ,
systemless ,
taut ,
tense ,
tight ,
traipsing ,
transient ,
transitory ,
transmigratory ,
unarranged ,
unclassified ,
undirected ,
ungraded ,
unjoined ,
unmethodical ,
unordered ,
unorganized ,
unsorted ,
unsymmetrical ,
unsystematic ,
ununiform ,
vagabond ,
vagrant ,
vague ,
wandering ,
widespread
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