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verblagged, lagging, lags laɡlæɡ [no object]1Fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development. they waited for Tim who was lagging behind Example sentencesExamples - Customization seems to be one area where Google will lag behind its rivals.
- Clearly, New Zealand is lagging behind in failing to encourage more flexible working conditions for employees, especially when their children are young, and that is why I have drafted this bill.
- People tend to think that Scotland is lagging behind other countries in the adoption of e-business.
- But lesbians are still lagging far behind the general female populace in getting physical examinations, she said.
- This parameter also determines the ability of the mouse to follow very rapid movements without lagging behind or making mistakes in the coordinates.
- By lawmakers' own admission, Ireland lagged woefully behind its Western counterparts when they introduced adoption legislation in 1952.
- Based on these criteria, many countries are still lagging far behind.
- He said the ministry will enter into dialogue with the provincial education officer and teachers so that they could continue teaching classes to avoid the affected children lagging behind in lessons.
- Other economic development is lagging behind.
- The nuclear development is lagging behind the cytoplasmic maturation.
- And the law is always reactive and lagging behind social developments.
- But Hispanics continue to lag well behind the rest of the labor market in wages.
- The President said the bridge would boost the economy on Madura island, which has been largely untouched by development, lagging behind other regions in Indonesia.
- I can tell the Labour members why they are lagging in the polls.
- For many years naval officers' pay lagged well behind that of Army officers.
- High telephone charges means that British companies lag behind their American counterparts, he says.
- We view stratocladistics as still in an early stage of development, with implementation lagging behind concept.
- But the report notes that Africa lags behind the rest of the world.
- The MPs assured the President of continued support in the fight against corruption and poverty adding that if the vices were not eradicated the country will continue lagging behind in development.
- By 1936 RCA's research and development department was lagging behind Farnsworth in terms of screen size and sharpness of image.
Synonyms fall behind, straggle, fall back, trail (behind), linger, dally, dawdle, hang back, delay, move slowly, loiter, drag one's feet, take one's time, not keep pace, idle, dither, saunter, bring up the rear informal dilly-dally, shilly-shally archaic or literary tarry 2North American Billiards
another term for string (sense 6 of the verb)
nounPlural lags laɡlæɡ 1A period of time between one event and another. 时差，时间间隔 a time lag between infection and symptoms Example sentencesExamples - Two phases of content leakage are observed: a lag phase and a burst phase.
- The lag in the climate response is both a boon and a problem for policy-makers.
- He explained that there may be a time lag between the creation of a favourable entrepreneurial environment and the emergence of an entrepreneurial class.
- As I've already mentioned, there seems to be a short lag of about one second though.
- There may be a long time lag between the time of damage and the appearance of clinical signs.
- Faced with a simultaneously growing publication lag, the Journal necessarily tightened its standards.
- What one does not know is the time lag between changes in past performance and changes in expected future returns.
- The publication lag, from time of manuscript acceptance to appearance in print, is slightly more than two months.
- The IR blaster solution worked well, except for a slight lag in remote control response.
- Actual figures will not be available until about June because of the time lag in collating the information from different operators.
- Studies of the chemical industry in 2000 indicate a lag period of seven years.
- The latter depends critically on the time lag between environmental change and biotic responses to that environmental change.
- Furthermore, both effects seem to operate with short lags.
- General conclusions are that surface dyslexia represents a delay or developmental lag in acquiring literacy skills.
- During range expansions, a lag phase often precedes rapid population growth.
- China links domestic prices for crude oil and refined products to international prices, adjusted after a one-month lag.
- Back in the old days, the time lag was considerably longer.
- Running applications and playing games were a breeze, with no noticeable lag.
- Friedman points to variable lags between changes in money supply growth that determine the impact upon real output and prices.
- And yes, there is a time lag of several days before new entries appear.
2Physics
A retardation in an electric current or movement. 〔物理〕相位滞后 Example sentencesExamples - With a longitudinal bias field, there was a lag of about 3.5 ns as the magnetization responded to the switching pulse.
OriginEarly 16th century (as a noun in the sense 'hindmost person in a game, race, etc.', also 'dregs'): related to the dialect adjective lag (perhaps from a fanciful distortion of last1, or of Scandinavian origin: compare with Norwegian dialect lagga 'go slowly'). Rhymesbag, blag, brag, Bragg, crag, dag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scrag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, zag verblagged, lagging, lags laɡlæɡ [with object]Enclose or cover (a boiler, pipes, etc.) with material that provides heat insulation. 给（锅炉、管道等）包绝热层 all pipes and tanks in the attic should be lagged 包有绝热层的热水箱。 Example sentencesExamples - Mr Sharp worked on steam ships HMS Juno and HMS Phoebe during his military service. Pipes in both warships were lagged with asbestos material.
- Fellow employee Alfred Smith said pipes at the factory were lagged with material containing a white, powdery substance.
- And why is there no mention of the historical significance of asbestos insulation used to lag the steam boilers?
- For individual householders, this can means something as simple as lagging the boiler.
- Uncovered pipes were lagged and eventually removed altogether in 1986 as regulations were tightened.
- Ensure your hot water cylinder and pipes are lagged.
- Other applications of aluminum include control tubing, tanks, covers, boiler lagging, jacketing, panels, and canopies.
- Yet Roger's death warrant was probably signed decades ago when he served on submarines in the 1960s and 1970s, at a time when asbestos was widely used to lag pipes.
- Cheap and fireproof, it was an all-purpose insulator used to lag buildings, railway carriages, even ironing boards.
- They used preformed sections in a semi-circular shape to lag pipe work.
- The Highways Agency said today that the material had not been used to lag the pipe, but dumped on the land at some time in the past, possibly before the full dangers of asbestos were known.
- So dump the SUV, tell your kids to walk to school, turn down the central heating, insulate the attic, take shorter showers, use CFL bulbs and lag the hot water tank.
- Customers are being advised to lag water pipes in homes and businesses as a precaution against the icy period, so if pipes burst it will save water and damage to properties.
- They advise checking, and lagging all exposed pipes, keeping buildings heated and draining exposed pipes.
- The charity also recommends checking all pipes are properly lagged, all electric fires are guarded, and paraffin heaters are out of draughts.
- It was a common practice at many industrial factories to lag pipes with asbestos, Mr Conyers-Kelly points out.
- However, these pipes could easily be buried underground and where they come to the surface they could be lagged so as to prevent freezing.
- You can fit a three-inch insulating jacket and lag the pipes for as little as £10.
Derivativesnoun I have it very much in mind that Mr Machin and Mr Stages were described by counsel for the employers as peripatetic laggers working at such sites as were available. Example sentencesExamples - My job involved preparing the scaffolding and boards that laggers used when replacing old asbestos.
- Some of them would be cleared away by the laggers and their assistants, and compressed air hoses would blow the residue from the floor.
- He promptly consulted the solicitors in Nottingham to whom all Nottingham laggers took their claims.
- I also worked close to laggers and scalers who were knocking asbestos lagging off; they were employed by Harland & Wolff.
OriginLate 19th century: from earlier lag 'piece of insulating cover'. nounPlural lags laɡlæɡ British informal A person who has been frequently convicted and sent to prison. 惯犯，旧犯 both old lags were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment 两名惯犯都被判处10年监禁。 Example sentencesExamples - Well, I guess they would not be lags, because lags would have been given custodial sentences.
- If Ian McGeechan was hoping that this tour would build some genuine team spirit and confidence amongst the mixture of old lags and tyros who made up the Scotland test side yesterday, then he was sorely mistaken.
- The lags at Full Sutton jail near York are all sorted.
- It's a straightforward, unimaginative slasher picture about a serial killer convict, one Leo Rook, who kills off warders and fellow lags one by one when they are marooned on a lighthouse.
- In order to find out, he stuck 18 volunteers in a mock prison, arbitrarily making them either lags or screws.
- Be this as it may, the old lags could not have been more friendly to this distinctly new Labourish apparition.
- He could have handled prison, he thinks, because he gets on with everybody but, who knows, he could have run into some old lags who hated the Rollers.
- Watson's fellow old lags who were released at the same time lined up outside the prison to tell anyone who would listen that the disgraced peer was not much of a hit on the inside.
- It matters not one jot that old lags like Spedding, the great Paul Thompson and producer Rhett Davies are along for the ride.
- What's next, jailhouse pubs and brothels for the lags?
- Carandiru is more measured, and even stately, in the way its old lags - fundamentally respectful - troop through the doctor's infirmary and recount their autobiographies.
- In Westminster, old lags used to tell rookie MPs to remember that, while they were attacking the opposition benches, their real enemies were right behind them.
- He is not a politician with a career to revive, who stepped up to the brief what seems to us old lags like a few short weeks ago.
- Which is probably the result of form that would shame any old prison lag.
- The Home Office has rejected plans to give lags access to the internet and email while doing porridge.
- It is partly because of old lags enjoying favours from prison officers that the murderer is at large, four other men having been wrongly convicted.
- Operational reasons, old lags will recall, is British policespeak for ‘I'm not going to tell you,’ while one million is policespeak for two million.
- The tiny fledgling local police in the Maranoa prior to the Native squads were mostly lonely, frightened old lags, who became drinking mates of the offending stockmen, says Collins.
- You can see why Hoskins might nurse an affinity for Rififi, which is as hard-boiled as a 10-minute egg and home to a rogues' gallery of old lags who know all the angles.
- Throughout the present brief, Microsoft protests its innocence with as much conviction as an old lag before a magistrate.
verblagged, lagging, lags laɡlæɡ [with object]British archaic, informal Arrest or send to prison. 〈古〉逮捕，投入监狱 they were nearly lagged by the constables
OriginLate 16th century (as a verb in the sense 'carry off, steal'): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the 19th century. verblæɡlaɡ [no object]1Fall behind in movement, progress, or development; not keep pace with another or others. 落在后面 they stopped to wait for one of the children who was lagging behind 他们停下来等落在后面的孩子。 Example sentencesExamples - By lawmakers' own admission, Ireland lagged woefully behind its Western counterparts when they introduced adoption legislation in 1952.
- And the law is always reactive and lagging behind social developments.
- Clearly, New Zealand is lagging behind in failing to encourage more flexible working conditions for employees, especially when their children are young, and that is why I have drafted this bill.
- But Hispanics continue to lag well behind the rest of the labor market in wages.
- But the report notes that Africa lags behind the rest of the world.
- Customization seems to be one area where Google will lag behind its rivals.
- Other economic development is lagging behind.
- For many years naval officers' pay lagged well behind that of Army officers.
- We view stratocladistics as still in an early stage of development, with implementation lagging behind concept.
- By 1936 RCA's research and development department was lagging behind Farnsworth in terms of screen size and sharpness of image.
- Based on these criteria, many countries are still lagging far behind.
- The nuclear development is lagging behind the cytoplasmic maturation.
- The MPs assured the President of continued support in the fight against corruption and poverty adding that if the vices were not eradicated the country will continue lagging behind in development.
- But lesbians are still lagging far behind the general female populace in getting physical examinations, she said.
- High telephone charges means that British companies lag behind their American counterparts, he says.
- People tend to think that Scotland is lagging behind other countries in the adoption of e-business.
- This parameter also determines the ability of the mouse to follow very rapid movements without lagging behind or making mistakes in the coordinates.
- He said the ministry will enter into dialogue with the provincial education officer and teachers so that they could continue teaching classes to avoid the affected children lagging behind in lessons.
- The President said the bridge would boost the economy on Madura island, which has been largely untouched by development, lagging behind other regions in Indonesia.
- I can tell the Labour members why they are lagging in the polls.
Synonyms fall behind, straggle, fall back, trail, trail behind, linger, dally, dawdle, hang back, delay, move slowly, loiter, drag one's feet, take one's time, not keep pace, idle, dither, saunter, bring up the rear 2North American Billiards
Determine the order of play by striking the cue ball from balk to rebound off the top cushion, first stroke going to the player whose ball comes to rest nearer the bottom cushion.
nounlæɡlaɡ 1A period of time between one event or phenomenon and another. 时差，时间间隔 there was a time lag between the commission of the crime and its reporting to the police 作案与报警之间有一段时差。 Example sentencesExamples - Actual figures will not be available until about June because of the time lag in collating the information from different operators.
- The IR blaster solution worked well, except for a slight lag in remote control response.
- Furthermore, both effects seem to operate with short lags.
- The publication lag, from time of manuscript acceptance to appearance in print, is slightly more than two months.
- The latter depends critically on the time lag between environmental change and biotic responses to that environmental change.
- Studies of the chemical industry in 2000 indicate a lag period of seven years.
- And yes, there is a time lag of several days before new entries appear.
- General conclusions are that surface dyslexia represents a delay or developmental lag in acquiring literacy skills.
- As I've already mentioned, there seems to be a short lag of about one second though.
- China links domestic prices for crude oil and refined products to international prices, adjusted after a one-month lag.
- There may be a long time lag between the time of damage and the appearance of clinical signs.
- The lag in the climate response is both a boon and a problem for policy-makers.
- During range expansions, a lag phase often precedes rapid population growth.
- What one does not know is the time lag between changes in past performance and changes in expected future returns.
- He explained that there may be a time lag between the creation of a favourable entrepreneurial environment and the emergence of an entrepreneurial class.
- Running applications and playing games were a breeze, with no noticeable lag.
- Two phases of content leakage are observed: a lag phase and a burst phase.
- Friedman points to variable lags between changes in money supply growth that determine the impact upon real output and prices.
- Faced with a simultaneously growing publication lag, the Journal necessarily tightened its standards.
- Back in the old days, the time lag was considerably longer.
2Physics
A retardation in an electric current or movement. 〔物理〕相位滞后 Example sentencesExamples - With a longitudinal bias field, there was a lag of about 3.5 ns as the magnetization responded to the switching pulse.
OriginEarly 16th century (as a noun in the sense ‘hindmost person in a game, race, etc.’, also ‘dregs’): related to the dialect adjective lag (perhaps from a fanciful distortion of last, or of Scandinavian origin: compare with Norwegian dialect lagga ‘go slowly’). verblæɡlaɡ [with object]usually be laggedEnclose or cover (a boiler, pipes, etc.) with material that provides heat insulation. 给（锅炉、管道等）包绝热层 包有绝热层的热水箱。 Example sentencesExamples - Uncovered pipes were lagged and eventually removed altogether in 1986 as regulations were tightened.
- However, these pipes could easily be buried underground and where they come to the surface they could be lagged so as to prevent freezing.
- And why is there no mention of the historical significance of asbestos insulation used to lag the steam boilers?
- They advise checking, and lagging all exposed pipes, keeping buildings heated and draining exposed pipes.
- The charity also recommends checking all pipes are properly lagged, all electric fires are guarded, and paraffin heaters are out of draughts.
- Cheap and fireproof, it was an all-purpose insulator used to lag buildings, railway carriages, even ironing boards.
- The Highways Agency said today that the material had not been used to lag the pipe, but dumped on the land at some time in the past, possibly before the full dangers of asbestos were known.
- Yet Roger's death warrant was probably signed decades ago when he served on submarines in the 1960s and 1970s, at a time when asbestos was widely used to lag pipes.
- You can fit a three-inch insulating jacket and lag the pipes for as little as £10.
- Customers are being advised to lag water pipes in homes and businesses as a precaution against the icy period, so if pipes burst it will save water and damage to properties.
- So dump the SUV, tell your kids to walk to school, turn down the central heating, insulate the attic, take shorter showers, use CFL bulbs and lag the hot water tank.
- It was a common practice at many industrial factories to lag pipes with asbestos, Mr Conyers-Kelly points out.
- Mr Sharp worked on steam ships HMS Juno and HMS Phoebe during his military service. Pipes in both warships were lagged with asbestos material.
- Other applications of aluminum include control tubing, tanks, covers, boiler lagging, jacketing, panels, and canopies.
- For individual householders, this can means something as simple as lagging the boiler.
- They used preformed sections in a semi-circular shape to lag pipe work.
- Fellow employee Alfred Smith said pipes at the factory were lagged with material containing a white, powdery substance.
- Ensure your hot water cylinder and pipes are lagged.
nounlæɡlaɡ The non-heat-conducting cover of a boiler, pipes, etc.; lagging.
OriginLate 19th century: from earlier lag ‘piece of insulating cover’. nounlæɡlaɡ British informal A person who has been frequently convicted and sent to prison. 惯犯，旧犯 both old lags were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment 两名惯犯都被判处10年监禁。 Example sentencesExamples - Operational reasons, old lags will recall, is British policespeak for ‘I'm not going to tell you,’ while one million is policespeak for two million.
- Throughout the present brief, Microsoft protests its innocence with as much conviction as an old lag before a magistrate.
- If Ian McGeechan was hoping that this tour would build some genuine team spirit and confidence amongst the mixture of old lags and tyros who made up the Scotland test side yesterday, then he was sorely mistaken.
- Carandiru is more measured, and even stately, in the way its old lags - fundamentally respectful - troop through the doctor's infirmary and recount their autobiographies.
- It's a straightforward, unimaginative slasher picture about a serial killer convict, one Leo Rook, who kills off warders and fellow lags one by one when they are marooned on a lighthouse.
- What's next, jailhouse pubs and brothels for the lags?
- He is not a politician with a career to revive, who stepped up to the brief what seems to us old lags like a few short weeks ago.
- Which is probably the result of form that would shame any old prison lag.
- You can see why Hoskins might nurse an affinity for Rififi, which is as hard-boiled as a 10-minute egg and home to a rogues' gallery of old lags who know all the angles.
- The tiny fledgling local police in the Maranoa prior to the Native squads were mostly lonely, frightened old lags, who became drinking mates of the offending stockmen, says Collins.
- The lags at Full Sutton jail near York are all sorted.
- Be this as it may, the old lags could not have been more friendly to this distinctly new Labourish apparition.
- Well, I guess they would not be lags, because lags would have been given custodial sentences.
- Watson's fellow old lags who were released at the same time lined up outside the prison to tell anyone who would listen that the disgraced peer was not much of a hit on the inside.
- It matters not one jot that old lags like Spedding, the great Paul Thompson and producer Rhett Davies are along for the ride.
- He could have handled prison, he thinks, because he gets on with everybody but, who knows, he could have run into some old lags who hated the Rollers.
- In Westminster, old lags used to tell rookie MPs to remember that, while they were attacking the opposition benches, their real enemies were right behind them.
- In order to find out, he stuck 18 volunteers in a mock prison, arbitrarily making them either lags or screws.
- The Home Office has rejected plans to give lags access to the internet and email while doing porridge.
- It is partly because of old lags enjoying favours from prison officers that the murderer is at large, four other men having been wrongly convicted.
verblæɡlaɡ [with object]British informal, archaic Arrest or send to prison. 〈古〉逮捕，投入监狱
OriginLate 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘carry off, steal’): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the 19th century. |