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Straggle Wander Herd Straggling Stræɡl V.散开;迷途 Cowboys Worked

Front straggle
Pron ['stræɡl]
Back 【straggle】
v.散开;迷途
The cowboys worked all night to gather the cattle that had straggled behind the rest of the herd.
牧童们工作了整夜,以聚集那些离了队散落在后面的牛群。
Vocab
stragglewander from a direct or straight course

To straggle is to wander in an indirect, meandering way. Lions often go for the small antelopes that straggle behind the herd.

To straggle is to veer from a route, or to wander aimlessly behind everyone else. If you plan to go to the movies but end up at a store and then a friend's house, you straggled. Straggling is a type of digressing — to straggle is to get sidetracked. In the military, straggling often means to stay on leave too long or be in the wrong position for a battle. When people straggle, they've gone off-course.

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