drag

verb

拉 pull

1. （使劲而吃力地）拖，拉，拽，扯
   to pull sb/sth along with effort and difficulty
   1. I dragged the chair over to the window.
      我把椅子拖到了窗口那边。
   2. They dragged her from her bed.
      他们把她从床上拽了起来。

缓慢移动 move slowly

2. 缓慢而费力地移动（或行进）
   to move yourself slowly and with effort
   1. I managed to drag myself out of bed.
      我总算硬撑着从床上爬了起来。
   2. She always drags behind when we walk anywhere.
      我们每走什么地方她都慢慢腾腾吃力地跟在后面。

劝人走 persuade sb to go

3. 生拉硬拽；劝（人）勉强来（或去）
   to persuade sb to come or go somewhere they do not really want to come or go to
   1. I'm sorry to drag you all this way in the heat.
      对不起，这么热的天硬拉着你跑了这一路。
   2. The party was so good I couldn't drag myself away.
      这聚会太开心了，我舍不得离开。

时间 of time

4. 过得很慢；拖沓地进行
   to pass very slowly
   1. Time dragged terribly.
      时间过得真慢。
   2. The meeting really dragged.
      这会议开得真拖拉。

触到地上 touch ground

5. （使）在地上拖着移动
   to move, or make sth move, partly touching the ground
   1. This dress is too long─it drags on the ground when I walk.
      这连衣裙太长了——我走路时就拖在地上。
   2. He was dragging his coat in the mud.
      他的外套拖在泥里。

在河中搜索 search river

6. 用网（或钩）搜索（河或湖底）
   to search the bottom of a river, lake, etc. with nets or hooks
   1. They dragged the canal for the missing children.
      他们用拖网沿运河打捞那些失踪的孩子。

计算机技术 computing

7. （用鼠标）拖动
   to move some text, an icon , etc. across the screen of a computer using the mouse

noun

令人厌烦的人 / 事 boring person/thing

1. 令人厌烦的人；乏味无聊的事
   a boring person or thing; sth that is annoying
   1. He's such a drag.
      他真惹人讨厌。
   2. Walking's a drag─let's drive there.
      步行太累了——咱们开车去吧。
   3. Having to work late every day is a drag.
      每天都得晚下班可真讨厌。

阻碍前进的人 / 事物 sb/sth stopping progress

2. 累赘；拖累；绊脚石
   a person or thing that makes progress difficult
   1. He came to be seen as a drag on his own party's prospects.
      他逐渐被看成是阻碍自己的党走向未来的绊脚石。

香烟 on cigarette

3. 抽一口；吸一口
   an act of breathing in smoke from a cigarette, etc.
   1. She took a long drag on her cigarette.
      她长长地抽了一大口烟。

女装 women's clothes

4. 异性服装（通常指男子穿的女装）
   clothes that are usually worn by the opposite sex (usually women's clothes worn by men)
   1. He performed in drag.
      他身着女装演出。
   2. a drag queen (= a man who dresses in women's clothes, usually in order to entertain people)
      男扮女装者（通常以娱乐他人为目的）

物理 physics

5. （作用于飞机或其他运载工具的）空气阻力
   the force of the air that acts against the movement of an aircraft or other vehicle

1. VERB (常指费力地)拖，拉，拽，扯
   If you drag something, you pull it along the ground, often with difficulty.
   1. He got up and dragged his chair towards the table.
      他站起来把他的椅子拖向桌子。
2. VERB (电脑操作中)用鼠标拖动，用鼠标改变（尺寸或形状）
   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.
   1. Use your mouse to drag the pictures to their new size.
      用鼠标拖动图片,将其调整为新的尺寸。
3. VERB 生拉;硬拽
   If someone drags you somewhere, they pull you there, or force you to go there by physically threatening you.
   1. The vigilantes dragged the men out of the vehicles...
      治安人员硬把那些人拉下车。
   2. There were no signs she'd been dragged across the grass.
      没有迹象表明她是被硬拖着穿过草地的。
4. VERB 强迫;迫使;勉强
   If someone drags you somewhere you do not want to go, they make you go there.
   1. When you can drag him away from his work, he can also be a devoted father...
      如果你能把他硬从工作中拉回来，他也会是个尽心尽责的父亲。
   2. I've been dragged back from Australia for no sufficient reason.
      没有充分的理由，我就从澳大利亚被硬叫了回来。
5. VERB 勉强去(某地)
   If you say that you drag yourself somewhere, you are emphasizing that you have to make a very great effort to go there.
   1. I find it really hard to drag myself out and exercise regularly.
      我发现要让我自己定期出门锻炼真的很难。
   2. ...if you manage to drag yourself away from the luxury of the hotel.
      如果你能舍弃酒店的奢侈享受
6. VERB 拖着(脚或腿)走
   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.
   1. He was barely able to drag his poisoned leg behind him...
      他极费力地拖着那条中毒的腿走路。
   2. He drags his leg, and he can hardly lift his arm.
      他拖着腿，几乎举不起他的胳膊。
7. VERB 用网(或钩子)搜索(河或湖底)
   If the police drag a river or lake, they pull nets or hooks across the bottom of it in order to look for something.
   1. Yesterday police frogmen dragged a small pond on the Common.
      昨天警方的蛙人在公用草地上的一个小池塘里打捞。
8. VERB (时间)过得很慢;（活动）单调乏味地进行，拖沓地进行
   If a period of time or an event drags, it is very boring and seems to last a long time.
   1. The minutes dragged past...
      时间一分钟一分钟地熬过去。
   2. The pacing was uneven, and the early second act dragged.
      节奏忽快忽慢，第二幕前半场太过拖沓。
9. N-SING 拖累;累赘;绊脚石
   If something is a drag on the development or progress of something, it slows it down or makes it more difficult.
   1. The satellite acts as a drag on the shuttle...
      卫星成了航天飞机的累赘。
   2. Spending cuts will put a drag on growth.
      缩减开支会减缓增长速度。
10. N-SING 令人不快的事;无聊的事
    If you say that something is a drag, you mean that it is unpleasant or very dull.
    1. As far as shopping for clothes goes, it's a drag...
       逛街买衣服是件挺没意思的事。
    2. A dry sandwich is a drag to eat.
       放干的三明治很难吃。
11. N-COUNT (抽烟时的)一吸，一抽
    If you take a drag on a cigarette or pipe that you are smoking, you take in air through it.
    1. He took a drag on his cigarette, and exhaled the smoke.
       他吸了一口烟，吐出了烟雾。
12. N-UNCOUNT (物体在空气或液体中移动时所受到的)阻力，抗力
    Drag is the resistance to the movement that is experienced by something that is moving through air or through a fluid.
    1. The drag of those extra air molecules brought the satellite crashing to Earth.
       额外的空气分子阻力使得卫星坠毁到了地球上。
13. N-UNCOUNT (以娱乐为目的的)男扮女装
    Drag is the wearing of women's clothes by a male entertainer.
    1. Entertainment is laid on too, in the form of drag on Wednesdays and strippers on Sundays...
       还安排了娱乐活动，星期三是男扮女装演出，星期天是脱衣舞演出。
    2. The neighborhood is given over to performers, stilt walkers and drag queens.
       社区变成了玩杂耍的、踩高跷的和扮装皇后的天地。
14. PHRASE 故意拖延
    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.
    1. The government, he claimed, was dragging its feet.
       他声称政府在故意拖延。

1. He got up and dragged his chair towards the table.
   他站起来把他的椅子拖向桌子。
2. Use your mouse to drag the pictures to their new size.
   用鼠标拖动图片，将其调整为新的尺寸。
3. The vigilantes dragged the men out of the vehicles
   治安人员硬把那些人拉下车。
4. There were no signs she'd been dragged across the grass.
   没有迹象表明她是被硬拖着穿过草地的。
5. When you can drag him away from his work, he can also be a devoted father
   如果你能把他硬从工作中拉回来，他也会是个尽心尽责的父亲。
6. I've been dragged back from Australia for no sufficient reason.
   没有充分的理由，我就从澳大利亚被硬叫了回来。
7. I find it really hard to drag myself out and exercise regularly.
   我发现要让我自己定期出门锻炼真的很难。
8. He was barely able to drag his poisoned leg behind him
   他极费力地拖着那条中毒的腿走路。
9. He drags his leg, and he can hardly lift his arm.
   他拖着腿，几乎举不起他的胳膊。
10. Yesterday police frogmen dragged a small pond on the Common.
    昨天警方的蛙人在公用草地上的一个小池塘里打捞。
11. The minutes dragged past
    时间一分钟一分钟地熬过去。
12. The satellite acts as a drag on the shuttle
    卫星成了航天飞机的累赘。
13. Spending cuts will put a drag on growth.
    缩减开支会减缓增长速度。
14. As far as shopping for clothes goes, it's a drag
    逛街买衣服是件挺没意思的事。
15. A dry sandwich is a drag to eat.
    放干的三明治很难吃。
16. He took a drag on his cigarette, and exhaled the smoke.
    他吸了一口烟，吐出了烟雾。
17. The drag of those extra air molecules brought the satellite crashing to Earth.
    额外的空气分子阻力使得卫星坠毁到了地球上。
18. Entertainment is laid on too, in the form of drag on Wednesdays and strippers on Sundays
    还安排了娱乐活动，星期三是男扮女装演出，星期天是脱衣舞演出。
19. The neighborhood is given over to performers, stilt walkers and drag queens.
    社区变成了玩杂耍的、踩高跷的和扮装皇后的天地。
20. The government, he claimed, was dragging its feet.
    他声称政府在故意拖延。
21. The company was willing to drag out the proceedings for years
    公司愿意将诉讼拖上几年。
22. Let's get it over with as soon as possible, rather than drag it out.
    我们尽快把它完成吧，不要再拖了。
23. I don't want to go back there and drag up that anger again
    我不想再回到那儿，重提那件气人的事。
24. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
    我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。
25. The design of the bicycle has managed to reduce the effects of wind resistance and drag.
    这种自行车的设计成功地减少了风的阻力和摩擦力。
26. There's no telling how long the talks could drag on
    谁也说不准谈判还会拖多久。
27. Why drag in others when it was all your own doing?
    自己做的事，为什么要拉上别人？
28. Please concentrate on the business at hand and don't drag in irrelevant issues.
    请你集中谈这件事，不要牵扯其他问题。
29. You'll never get home if you drag along like this.
    你走这么慢，哪辈子能蹭到家呀？
30. Two people will be enough; there is no need to drag him along, too.
    有两个人就够了，不要把他也饶在里头。

  pull drag draw haul tow tug【导航词义：拉，拖】

  pull v. 拉，拽

〔辨析〕指用手把某物或某人拉向身边或沿着某个方向拉过去。

  drag v. 拖，拉，拽

〔辨析〕指某物因太沉而只能在地面拖着走，也指硬拽某人到其并不想去的地方。

  draw v. 轻拉

〔辨析〕指不需费力地轻拉。

  haul v. 拖，拉

〔辨析〕强调一直要用力，方向通常是朝前或向上。

  tow v. 拖，拉

〔辨析〕指用绳索或链条拖拉车或船。

  tug v. 拉，拖，拽

〔辨析〕强调动作发生的时间短而迅速。

drag by

1. 过得很慢；拖沓地进行
   to pass very slowly

drag sb↔down

1. 使虚弱（或不愉快）
   to make sb feel weak or unhappy

drag sb/sth↔down (to sth)

1. 使社会地位（或经济地位、行为标准等）下降
   to bring sb/sth to a lower social or economic level, a lower standard of behaviour, etc.

drag sth/sb into sth

drag sth/sb↔in

1. 把毫不相干的事插入谈论；毫无必要地扯到
   to start to talk about sth/sb that has nothing to do with what is being discussed
   1. Time dragged terribly.
      时间过得真慢。
   2. The meeting really dragged.
      这会议开得真拖拉。
2. 硬让毫无关系的人卷入；硬把…拉进去
   to try to get sb who is not connected with a situation involved in it

drag on

1. 拖得太久；持续太久
   to go on for too long

drag sth↔out

1. 不必要地拖延；使持续过久
   to make sth last longer than necessary

drag sth out of sb

1. 强迫某人说出；套某人的话
   to make sb say sth they do not want to say

drag sth↔up

1. 提起（不愿回忆或谈论的事）
   to mention an unpleasant story, fact, etc. that people do not want to remember or talk about
   1. He's such a drag.
      他真惹人讨厌。
   2. Walking's a drag─let's drive there.
      步行太累了——咱们开车去吧。
   3. Having to work late every day is a drag.
      每天都得晚下班可真讨厌。

v.

drag your feet/heels

• 故意拖拉；故意延迟（作出决定）
  to be deliberately slow in doing sth or in making a decision

pull/drag yourself up by your (own) bootstraps

• 自力更生
  to improve your situation yourself, without help from other people

noun

1. the act of dragging (pulling with force)
   1. the drag up the hill exhausted him

2. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
   1. he took a puff on his pipe
   2. he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly

   Synonym:    puffpull

3. clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
   1. he went to the party dressed in drag
   2. the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag

4. something tedious and boring
   1. peeling potatoes is a drag

5. something that slows or delays progress
   1. taxation is a drag on the economy
   2. too many laws are a drag on the use of new land

6. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

   Synonym:    retarding force

verb

1. proceed for an extended period of time
   1. The speech dragged on for two hours

   Synonym:    drag ondrag out

2. persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
   1. He dragged me away from the television set

3. suck in or take (air)
   1. draw a deep breath
   2. draw on a cigarette

   Synonym:    puffdraw

4. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

   Synonym:    dredge

5. pull, as against a resistance
   1. He dragged the big suitcase behind him
   2. These worries were dragging at him

6. draw slowly or heavily
   1. haul stones
   2. haul nets

   Synonym:    haulhalecart

7. walk without lifting the feet

   Synonym:    scuff

8. to lag or linger behind
   1. But in so many other areas we still are dragging

   Synonym:    trailget behindhang backdrop behinddrop back

9. move slowly and as if with great effort

10. use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu
    1. drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen

11. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
    1. They were swept up by the events
    2. don't drag me into this business

    Synonym:    embroiltanglesweepsweep updrag in