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lagging
延遲的
lagging
滯後
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.”
Syn: -- To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.
Lag·ging n.
1. Mach. The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.
2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.
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lagging
n : used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to
prevent loss of heat
lag
n 1: the act of slowing down or falling behind [syn: slowdown,
retardation]
2: the time between one event, process, or period and another
[syn: interim]
3: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a
barrel or bucket [syn: stave]
v 1: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress,
development, etc. [syn: dawdle, fall back, fall
behind]
2: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated
for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison, incarcerate,
immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put
away, remand]
3: throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
4: cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
[also: lagging, lagged]