Straggling

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straggle

(-) a. & n. from Straggle, v.

校对:莱利亚

• After they had waited some time, straggling people who had heard of the accident began to come up; then the real help of implements began to arrive. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Although Sheridan had been marching all day, his troops moved with alacrity and without any straggling. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Come, straggling lights into the windows of the ugly houses; and you who do iniquity therein, do it at least with this dread scene shut out! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Heston itself was one long straggling street, running parallel to the seashore. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• And what's this straggling about in an idle sort of a way? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Straggling had entirely ceased, and every man was now a rival for the front. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Shoals of our straggling youth have been swept into the ocean by an unexpected breeze! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• But the household troops, though considered fine men, are built so straggling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There was no more straggling, no more rear guards. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Instead of all members of the family gathering about the breakfast table when the meal is ready, they come straggling in one by one. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I saw the outside of the note, addressed in straggling, irregular characters, very unlike Holmes's usual precise hand. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The girl was alone; lying with her head upon the table, and her hair straggling over it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

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