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单词 drag
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dragverb

uk/dræɡ/us/dræɡ/-gg-

drag verb (PULL)

B2 [ T ] to move something by pulling it along a surface, usually the ground:

Pick the chair up instead of dragging it behind you!
She dragged the canoe down to the water.

C2 [ T + adv/prep ] to make someone go somewhere they do not want to go:

She had to drag her kids away from the toys.
I really had to drag myself out of bed this morning.

B1 [ T ] to move something on a computer screen using a mouse

[ T ] If you drag a subject into a conversation, etc., you begin to talk about it even if it is not connected with what you are talking about:

She's always dragging sex into the conversation.

[ T ] to pull nets or hooks (= curved wires) along the bottom of a river or lake in order to find something:

They found the man's body after dragging the canal.
drag and drop

B1 If you drag and drop something on a computer screen, you move it from one area to another using the mouse.

More examples

  • Thousands of turtles drag themselves onto the beach and lay their eggs in the sand.
  • The dog managed to drag the box into the room by itself.
  • She dragged the canoe down to the water.
  • The youths were dragged from their car and searched for weapons.
  • She dragged her bulging suitcase up the stairs.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Pulling

  • draft
  • draught
  • draw sth up
  • haul
  • heave
  • heave-ho
  • heft
  • hitch
  • hitch sth up
  • pluck
  • pluck at sth
  • reel
  • reel sth in/out
  • retract
  • suck
  • tow
  • tow-away
  • traction
  • tweak
  • yank

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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way
Operating computers
Quoting & making references
Searching

drag verb (BORING)

C2 [ I ] If something such as a film or performance drags, it seems to go slowly because it is boring:

The first half of the movie was interesting but the second half dragged (on).

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Spending time & time passing

  • all the time in the world idiom
  • Anno Domini
  • course
  • elapse
  • employ
  • fall
  • fall away
  • misspend
  • pass
  • passage
  • passing
  • run
  • slip away
  • spread sth over sth
  • the sands of time are running out idiom
  • tick
  • tick away/by
  • time and tide wait for no man idiom
  • while
  • while sth away

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Idiom(s)

drag your heels/feet
drag sb's name through the mire/mud

Phrasal verb(s)

drag sb away
drag sb down
drag sb into sth
drag sth out
drag sth out of sb

dragnoun

uk/dræɡ/us/dræɡ/

drag noun (BORING THING)

[ S ] informal something that is not convenient and is boring or unpleasant:

Filling in forms is such a drag!
I've got to go to the dentist again - what a drag!

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Inconvenience

  • a pain (in the neck) idiom
  • a pain in the arse/backside idiom
  • aggravation
  • aggro
  • awkward
  • bore
  • disturbance
  • fag
  • fuss
  • hassle
  • have fun and games idiom
  • imposition
  • inconvenience
  • pisser
  • put sb out
  • put yourself out
  • rigmarole
  • snag
  • storm
  • tempest

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drag noun (PULL)

[ S or U ] specialized physics, engineering the force that acts against the forward movement of something that is passing through a gas or a liquid:

Engineers are always looking for ways to minimize drag when they design new aircraft.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Pulling

  • draft
  • draught
  • draw sth up
  • haul
  • heave
  • heave-ho
  • heft
  • hitch
  • hitch sth up
  • pluck
  • pluck at sth
  • reel
  • reel sth in/out
  • retract
  • suck
  • tow
  • tow-away
  • traction
  • tweak
  • yank

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Physics: energy, force & power

drag noun (SUCK)

[ C ] slang the action of taking in air through a cigarette:

Taking a deep drag of/on his cigarette he closed his eyes and sighed.

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Tobacco & smoking

  • baccy
  • butt
  • cheroot
  • cig
  • cigarette butt
  • cigarette paper
  • e-cigarette
  • light (sth) up
  • nicotine
  • nicotine patch
  • non-smoker
  • pipe
  • roll-your-own
  • second-hand smoke
  • smoke
  • smoker
  • smoking
  • stub
  • tar
  • tobacconist

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drag noun (CLOTHES)

[ U ] informal the activity of dressing in clothes of the opposite sex, especially of a man dressing in women's clothes, often for humorous entertainment:

a man in drag

Idiom(s)

be a drag on sb/sth
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