straggle

vi. 迷路；落伍，掉队；四散，蔓延

n. 散乱

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。

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.

1. stretch => straggle.2. 谐音“四拽哥、四拽搁”。