• n. 落后；迟延；防护套；囚犯；桶板
• vt. 落后于；押往监狱；加上外套
• vi. 滞后；缓缓而行；蹒跚
• adj. 最后的
• n. (Lag)人名；(俄)拉格

词源不详，可能来自lug,用力拖拉。引申词义缓慢，滞后。

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.

从感染艾滋病病毒到病发有一段滞后期。

来自柯林斯例句

2. As conceit makes one lag behind, so modesty helps one make progress.

骄傲使人落后, 谦虚使人进步.

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3. Ten minutes later, some of runners in the race began to lag.

十分钟后, 有些参赛的人开始落后了.

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4. I staved off jet lag with a bath and an early night.

我洗了个澡又提前睡下,免除飞行时差的反应.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. There is a time lag of about fifteen years.

时间上有一段约15年的间隔.

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