strag·gle/`strægḷ; ˈstræɡəl/ v [I] 1 to move much more slowly than the other members of a group, so that you remain behind them 掉队，落伍，落后: Runners were still straggling in hours after the winners had finished. 获胜的人都跑完了好几个小时，落在后面的选手还陆陆续续地跑回来。 2 to move, grow, or spread out in an untidy way in different directions 蔓延，蔓生; 无规则地散布: thin black straggling hair 稀疏散乱的黑头发