1. The houses straggled down the hillside.
    房屋散布于山坡之上。

2. Cows straggled along the lane.
    牛散乱地徘徊在小路上。

3. Vines straggled over the yard.
    葡萄树在院子里蔓生。

1. 迷路：strafe 惩罚 | straggle 迷路 | straggler 游荡者

2. 过于缓慢地走(以至于掉队离群)：sidle (羞怯或是偷偷地)侧身行走、离开 | straggle 过于缓慢地走(以至于掉队离群) | trudge (在泥地、沙地、雪地里)费力地走

3. 偏差：Stress 应力 | Straggle 偏差 | Sublimation 升华

4. 分散：straddle-packer test 跨式双封隔器地层测试 | straggle 分散 | straight angle 平角

1. 散乱地移动;零星地走
    If people straggle somewhere, they move there slowly, in small groups with large, irregular gaps between them.

    e.g. They came straggling up the cliff road...
           他们零零散散地沿着悬崖小路走上来。
    e.g. The other boys straggled away, some to their work in the kitchen, some to the great hall.
           其他男孩散开了，有些去厨房干活去了，有些去大厅了。

2. 散乱地分布;散布
    If a small quantity of things straggle over an area, they cover it in an uneven or untidy way.

    e.g. Her grey hair straggled in wisps about her face...
           她那灰白的头发一缕缕地披散在脸旁。
    e.g. They were beyond the last straggling suburbs now.
           他们现在已经远离了最远的零星分布的郊区了。

1. a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)

    e.g. a straggle of outbuildings
           a straggle of followers

1. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

    e.g. Branches straggling out quite far

    Synonym: sprawl

2. wander from a direct or straight course

    Synonym: sidetrackdepartdigress