lag

英 [l?g] 美[l?ɡ]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?lags;過(guò)去式:?lagged;過(guò)去分詞:?lagged;現(xiàn)在分詞:?lagging;

1. lag behind sb. 落后于某人。
2. 諧音“落(這是個(gè)多音字，這里最好念：la)哥”----落后的人。
3. or from some dialectal version of last, lack, or delay.

lag 緩慢，滯后

詞源不詳，可能來(lái)自lug,用力拖拉。引申詞義緩慢，滯后。

lag: lag: English has three distinct words lag. The verb ‘fall behind’ [16] is perhaps of Scandinavian origin (Norwegian has lagga ‘go slowly’), although a link has been suggested with the lag of fog, seg, lag, a dialect expression used in children’s games which represents an alteration of first, second, last. Lag ‘insulate’ [19] comes from an earlier noun lag ‘barrel stave’, which was also probably borrowed from a Scandinavian language (Swedish has lagg ‘stave’); the original material used for ‘lagging’ was wooden laths.

And finally the noun lag ‘prisoner’ [19] seems to have come from an earlier verb lag, which originally meant ‘steal’, and then ‘catch, imprison’; but no one knows where this came from.
lag (v.): "fail to keep pace," 1520s, earlier as a noun meaning "last person" (1510s), later also as an adjective (1550s, as in lag-mon "last man"), all of uncertain relationship, possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian lagga "go slowly"), or some dialectal version of last, lack, or delay. Related: Lag; lagging. The noun meaning "retardation" is from 1855. First record of lag time is from 1951.

1. There's a time lag between infection with HIV and developing AIDS.: 從感染艾滋病病毒到病發(fā)有一段滯后期。

2. As conceit makes one lag behind, so modesty helps one make progress.: 驕傲使人落后, 謙虛使人進(jìn)步.

3. Ten minutes later, some of runners in the race began to lag.: 十分鐘后, 有些參賽的人開(kāi)始落后了.

4. I staved off jet lag with a bath and an early night.: 我洗了個(gè)澡又提前睡下,免除飛行時(shí)差的反應(yīng).