straggle的词源

英文词源

straggle

straggle: see stretch

straggle (v.)

early 15c., "to wander from the proper path, stray, to rove from one's companions," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian stragla "to walk laboriously"), or a frequentative of Middle English straken "to move, go." Specifically of soldiers, "be dispersed, be apart from the main body," from 1520s. Related: Straggled; straggling.

中文词源

straggle：蔓延，蔓生，落伍，掉队

词源不详，可能最终来自 PIE*stere,展开，词源同 straw,strew,stratum,structure.-le,表反复。引 申词义蔓延，蔓生，并用于指士兵偏离队伍，落伍，掉队等。

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