| 单词 | drag |
| 释义 | drag (dræg ) Word forms: drags , dragging , dragged 1. verb B2 If you drag something, you pull it along the ground, often with difficulty. He got up and dragged his chair towards the table. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: pull, draw, haul, trail 2. verb B1 To drag a computer image means to use the mouse to move the position of the image on the screen, or to change its size or shape. [computing] Use your mouse to drag the pictures to their new size. [VERB noun] 3. verb B2 If someone drags you somewhere, they pull you there, or force you to go there by physically threatening you. The vigilantes dragged the men out of the vehicles. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 4. verb If someone drags you somewhere you do not want to go, they make you go there. When you can drag him away from his work, he can also be a devoted father. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] I've been dragged back from Australia for no sufficient reason. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] 5. verb If you say that you drag yourself somewhere, you are emphasizing that you have to make a very great effort to go there. [emphasis] I find it really hard to drag myself out and exercise regularly. [V pron-refl adv/prep] ...if you manage to drag yourself away from the luxury of the hotel. [V pron-refl adv/prep] 6. verb If you drag your foot or your leg behind you, you walk with great difficulty because your foot or leg is injured in some way. He was barely able to drag his poisoned leg behind him. [VERB noun preposition] He drags his leg, and he can hardly lift his arm. [VERB noun] 7. verb If the police drag a river or lake, they pull nets or hooks across the bottom of it in order to look for something. Yesterday police frogmen dragged a small pond on the Common. [VERB noun] 8. verb If a period of time or an event drags, it is very boring and seems to last a long time. The minutes dragged past. [VERB adverb] The pacing was uneven, and the early second act dragged. [VERB] Synonyms: go slowly, inch, creep, crawl 9. singular noun If something is a drag on the development or progress of something, it slows it down or makes it more difficult. The satellite acts as a drag on the shuttle. Spending cuts will put a drag on growth. 10. singular noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive] If you say that something is a drag, you mean that it is unpleasant or very dull. [informal, disapproval] As far as shopping for clothes goes, it's a drag. A dry sandwich is a drag to eat. 11. countable noun If you take a drag on a cigarette or pipe that you are smoking, you take in air through it. [informal] He took a drag on his cigarette, and exhaled the smoke. 12. uncountable noun [oft the NOUN of noun] Drag is the resistance to the movement that is experienced by something that is moving through air or through a fluid. [technical] The drag of those extra air molecules brought the satellite crashing to Earth. 13. uncountable noun Drag is the wearing of women's clothes by men or men's clothes by women, usually as part of an entertainment. The star wore drag and false eyelashes. The neighborhood is given over to performers, stilt walkers and drag queens. in drag phrase If someone is in drag, they are wearing clothes usually worn by people of the opposite sex, especially as part of an entertainment. The band dressed up in drag. 14. to drag your feet phrase If you drag your feet or drag your heels, you delay doing something or do it very slowly because you do not want to do it. The government, he claimed, was dragging its feet. Synonyms: stall, procrastinate, block, hold back Phrasal verbs: drag down 1. phrasal verb To drag someone down means to reduce them to an inferior social status or to lower standards of behaviour. She dragged him down with her. [VERB noun PARTICLE] There were fears he would be dragged down by the scandal. [be V-ed P + by] 2. phrasal verb Something that drags you down makes you feel weak or depressed. I have had really bad bouts of flu that have really dragged me down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] drag in phrasal verb When you are talking, if you drag in a subject, you mention something that is not relevant and that other people do not want to discuss. They disapproved of my dragging in his wealth. [VERB PARTICLE noun] We were able to stick to the main issue without incidental grievances being dragged in. [VERB PARTICLE noun] drag into phrasal verb To drag something or someone into an event or situation means to involve them in it when it is not necessary or not desirable. Why should Carmela have dragged him into the argument? [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] We may find ourselves dragged into new wars and new threats of wars. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] drag on phrasal verb You say that an event or process drags on when you disapprove of the fact that it lasts for longer than necessary. [disapproval] The conflict with James has dragged on for two years. [VERB PARTICLE] drag out 1. phrasal verb If you drag something out, you make it last for longer than is necessary. The company was willing to drag out the proceedings for years. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Let's get it over with as soon as possible, rather than drag it out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you drag something out of a person, you persuade them to tell you something that they do not want to tell you. A confession had to be dragged out of him. [VERB noun PARTICLE + of] drag up phrasal verb If someone drags up an unpleasant event or an old story from the past, they mention it when people do not want to be reminded of it. I don't want to go back there and drag up that anger again. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Painful memories were dragged up for Tina during the filming. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Idioms: drag your feet or drag your heels to deliberately delay making a decision about something that is important to you There's been substantial criticism of the United States for dragging its feet on measures to protect the environment. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 拖, 阻碍 Japanese: 引っ張る, 妨げ |
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