lag 是什么意思?

lag: [ læg ]

n. 落后,滞后
v. 落后
vi. 走得慢,落后

例句与用法:
1. The children always lag behind when we go for a walk.
我们出去散步时，孩子们总是落在后面。

2. There was a long lag in forwarding mail to us.
转寄给我们的邮件晚了很久才拿到。

3. Interest lags in such matters.
对这类事情的兴趣慢慢减少了。

4. The small boy soon became tired and lagged far behind (the rest of the walkers).
那小男孩儿不 久就走不动了, 远远落在（其他人的）后面.

5. I felt completely disorientated with the jet lag.
我乘长途飞机后因生理节奏失调而感到昏昏沉沉的.

英英解释:
名词lag:

1. the act of slowing down or falling behind
同义词：slowdown, retardation

2. the time between one event, process, or period and another
同义词：interim, meantime, meanwhile

3. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
同义词：stave

动词lag:

1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.