/ˈstrægl ||; ˈstrægḷ/verb[I] 1 to walk, etc more slowly than the rest of the group 落伍；掉队: The children straggled along behind their parents. 孩子们落在父母后面。
2 to grow, spread or move in an untidy way or in different directions 零乱地生长、散布或移动:
Her wet hair straggled across her forehead. 她的湿头发零乱地挂在前额。 ➔straggler noun [C] ➔straggly adj long straggly hair 蓬乱的长发