lag

1. (countable)A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.

2. (uncountable)Delay; latency.

3. (Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A prisoner, a criminal.

4. (countable, slang, uncountable)A period of imprisonment.

5. (countable, uncountable)A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.

6. (countable, uncountable)One who lags; that which comes in last.

7. (countable, uncountable)The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

8. (countable, uncountable)A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.

9. (countable, uncountable)A bird, the greylag.

10. (Ireland, UK, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable)One sentenced to transportation for a crime.

1. I'm still suffering from jet lag.

   ruЯ всё ещё страдаю от смены часовых поясов.

   deIch leide immer noch am Jetlag.

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2. Tom is suffering from jet lag.

   deTom leidet am Zeitzonenunterschied.

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3. Tom is the one who's lagging behind.

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4. I've got a bad case of jet lag.

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5. The most recent report shows that we are lagging behind our competitors.

   ruПоследний доклад показывает, что мы отстаём от конкурентов.

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