lag
[læg]
n. 落, 囚犯, 迟延, 桶板, 护套

a.

vi. 落, 蹒跚, 缓缓而, 滞

vt. 落, 往监狱, 套

[] 延迟; 落

[] 滞

[医] 迟滞期, 迟滞

[] 落延迟, 隔期(日)



lag
lagged, lagging
[ noun ]

1. the act of slowing down or falling behind

<noun.act>

2. the time between one event, process, or period and another

<noun.time>
meanwhile the socialists are running the government

3. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

<noun.artifact>

[ verb ]

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

<verb.motion> dawdle fall back fall behind

2. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

<verb.social> gaol immure imprison incarcerate jail jug put away put behind bars remand
The suspects were imprisoned without trial
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life

3. throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

<verb.contact>

4. cover with lagging to prevent heat loss

<verb.contact>
lag pipes

Lag \Lag\, a. [Of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. & Ir. lagweak,
feeble, faint, W. llag, llac, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish;
prob. akin to E. lax, languid.]
1. Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy. [Obs.]

Came too lag to see him buried. --Shak.

2. Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag
end. ``The lag end of my life.'' --Shak.

3. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior. [Obs.] ``Lag
souls.'' --Dryden.


Lag \Lag\, n.
1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] ``The lag
of all the flock.'' --Pope.

2. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

The common lag of people. --Shak.

3. The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a
steam engine, in opening or closing.

4. A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially: (Mach.), one of
the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a
cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a
carding machine or a steam engine.

5. (Zo["o]l.) See {Graylag}.

6. The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with
respect to another to which it is closely related; as, the
lag of magnetization compared with the magnetizing force
(hysteresis); the lag of the current in an alternating
circuit behind the impressed electro-motive force which
produced it.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Lag of the tide}, the interval by which the time of high
water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third
quarters of the moon; -- opposed to {priming} of the tide,
or the acceleration of the time of high water, in the
second and fourth quarters; depending on the relative
positions of the sun and moon.

{Lag screw}, an iron bolt with a square head, a sharp-edged
thread, and a sharp point, adapted for screwing into wood;
a screw for fastening lags.


Lag \Lag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lagging}.]
To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or
loiter. ``I shall not lag behind.'' --Milton.

Syn: To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.


Lag \Lag\, v. t.
1. To cause to lag; to slacken. [Obs.] ``To lag his flight.''
--Heywood.

2. (Mach.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with
lags. See {Lag}, n., 4.


Lag \Lag\, n.
One transported for a crime. [Slang, Eng.]


Lag \Lag\, v. t.
To transport for crime. [Slang, Eng.]

She lags us if we poach. --De Quincey.