drag
verb
noun
dræɡ verb
1
PULL STH
拖[拉]某物
to pull something along the ground, often because it is too heavy to carry 拖，拉 T
drag sth away/along/through etc
Inge managed to drag the table into the kitchen.
英奇费了很大劲把桌子拖进厨房里。
2
PULL SB
拖[拉]某人
to pull someone somewhere where they do not want to go, in a way that is not gentle 硬拉，硬拖，硬拽 T always + adv/prep
He grabbed her arm and dragged her into the room.
他抓住她的手臂把她硬拖进了房间。
3
drag yourself to/into/out of etc sth
to move somewhere with difficulty, especially because you are ill, tired, or unhappy [非正式] 〔尤因患病、疲惫或不开心而〕费力地走到/进/出来等 informal
I dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom.
我吃力地下床走进卫生间。
Can you drag yourself away from (=stop watching) the TV for a minute?
你能停一下不看电视吗？
4
PERSUADE SB TO COME
劝某人来
if you drag someone somewhere, you persuade or force them to come with you when they do not want to [非正式] 硬拉〔某人去某处〕 T always + adv/prep | informal
Mom dragged us to a classical music concert.
妈妈拉我们去听了一场古典音乐会。
5
COMPUTER
计算机
to move words, pictures etc on a computer screen by pulling them along with the MOUSE 〔在计算机屏幕上〕用鼠标拖动 T
You can drag and drop text like this.
你可以这样拖放文本。
6
BE BORING
无聊
if time or an event drags, it seems to go very slowly because nothing interesting is happening 进行得缓慢，拖沓 I
Friday afternoons always drag.
星期五下午时间总是过得很缓慢。
7
TOUCH THE GROUND
碰到地上
if something is dragging along the ground, part of it is touching the ground as you move 〔某物〕拖着地 I
[+ along/in/on ]
Your coat’s dragging in the mud.
你的大衣拖着泥了。
8
drag your feet/heels
to take too much time to do something because you do not want to do it [非正式] 做事拖拉，迟迟不做 informal
The authorities are dragging their feet over banning cigarette advertising.
当局在禁止香烟广告一事上迟迟不采取行动。
9
drag a lake/river etc
to look for something in a lake, river etc by pulling a heavy net along the bottom 〔用沉重的拖网〕搜索湖底/河底等
The police are dragging the lake for the missing girl’s body.
警方在用拖网搜索湖底寻找失踪女孩的尸体。
10
drag sb’s name through the mud
10. to tell people about the bad things that someone has done, so that they will have a bad opinion of them 公开某人的坏事，使某人出丑
11
drag sb through the courts
11. to force someone to go to a court of law, especially in order to make them have a bad experience because you are angry with them 〔因憎恨某人、想出口恶气而〕把某人告上法庭
12
drag sb kicking and screaming into sth
12. to force someone to do something that they do not want to – used humorously 逼某人做其不情愿做的某事〔幽默用法〕
The party will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
该政党将只得被硬拉着进入 21 世纪。
13
look as if you’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards
13. to look very untidy – used humorously 看上去凌乱不堪，看上去极不整洁〔幽默用法〕
14
INJURED LEG/FOOT
受伤的腿/脚
if you drag your leg, foot etc, you cannot lift it off the ground as you walk because it is injured 拖着〔受伤的腿、脚等〕走动 T
a bird dragging its broken wing
拖着断翅的鸟
15 to make someone feel unhappy and weak 使〔某人〕感到不愉快 （无精打采 ）
Joe’s been ill for weeks now – it’s really dragging him down.
乔已经病了几个星期了，这使他很沮丧。
16 to make the price, level, or quality of something go down 使〔价格、水准、质量〕下降
Declining prices for aluminium have dragged down the company’s earnings.
铝的价格下跌使这家公司利润下降了。
17 if someone or something bad drags you down, they make you become worse or get into a worse situation 〔坏人或坏事〕把…拖下水，使…堕落
Don’t let them drag you down to their level .
别让他们把你带坏，和他们一般见识。
18 to make someone get involved in an argument, war, or other unpleasant situation that they do not want to be involved in 把…硬扯进〔争论、战争或其他不好的情况〕之中
I’m sorry to drag you into this mess.
很抱歉，把你扯进这烂摊子。
19 to talk about something when you are having a discussion or argument, even though it is not connected with it 把〔不相干的人或事〕扯进谈话 （争论 ）中
Don’t drag my past into this!
别把我的过去扯进来！
20 if an event or situation drags on, it continues for too long 〔事情〕拖延地进行
[+ for ]
an expensive court battle that could drag on for years
可能拖延好几年的费用昂贵的官司
21 to make an event or situation last longer than is necessary 使〔事件、情况等〕不必要地拖延
Neither of them wanted to drag the divorce out longer than they had to.
双方都不想把这场离婚案不必要地拖延下去。
22 to make someone tell you something when they had not intended to tell you or were not supposed to tell you 迫使〔某人〕说出〔某事〕
Police finally dragged a confession out of him.
警方最终迫使他供认了罪行。
23 to mention an unpleasant or embarrassing story from the past, even though it upsets someone 提起令人不愉快的话题 （事情 ）
Why do you have to drag that up again?
你干吗又要提起这件事？
24
be dragged up
if a child is dragged up, their parents do not teach them to behave properly – used humorously [英] 〔对孩子〕不加管教〔幽默用法〕 BrE
Those children have been dragged up, not brought up!
那些孩子是胡乱拉扯大的，没有受教育！
noun
25
a drag
a. something or someone that is boring b. something that is annoying and continues for a long time 令人讨厌且耗费时间的事 informal
Don’t be such a drag! Come to the party.
别扫大家的兴了！ 去参加聚会吧。
It’s a real drag having to travel so far to work every day.
每天上班得跑这么远实在讨厌。
26
be a drag on sb/sth
to make it hard for someone to make progress towards what they want 是某人/某物的累赘
Any slowdown in the economy is going to be a drag on the President’s re-election campaign.
任何经济放缓对总统连任的竞选活动都将是块绊脚石。
27 the act of breathing in smoke from your cigarette 吸入一口烟 C
Frank took a drag on his cigarette.
弗兰克吸了一口香烟。
28
in drag
wearing clothes worn by the opposite sex, especially to entertain people 〔尤指为逗乐而〕穿着异性服装
The whole performance is done in drag.
整场演出中，演员们都身着异性服装。
29 the force of air that pushes against an aircraft or a vehicle that is moving forward 〔作用于行进中的飞行器或车辆的〕空气阻力 U
The car’s rounded edges reduce drag.
这辆汽车的圆形边缘降低了空气阻力。
30
the main drag
the biggest or longest street that goes through a town [美，非正式] 〔横穿城镇的〕主干道，主马路 AmE informal
Our hotel is right on the main drag.
我们的旅馆就位于主要街道上。