首页英语词典dragdrag的意思

drag

英 [dræg] 美[dræg]

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vt. 拖累；拖拉；缓慢而吃力地行进
vi. 拖曳；缓慢而吃力地行进
n. 拖；拖累
n. (Drag)人名；(匈)德劳格

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词态变化

第三人称单数: drags;过去式: dragged;过去分词: dragged;现在分词: dragging;

助记提示

1、tract- => drag.

中文词源

drag 拉

来自PIE*dhragh, 拉，词源同draw, tractor.

英英释意

1. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

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

3. something tedious and boring;: "peeling potatoes is a drag"

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

5. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);: "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

6. the act of dragging (pulling with force);: "the drag up the hill exhausted him"

英文词源

drag: drag: [14] Drag has two possible sources, each with equally plausible claims: Old English dragan, source of modern English draw, or the related Old Norse draga. Both go back to a common Germanic source. Of the modern colloquial applications of the word, ‘women’s clothes worn by men’ seems to have originated in 19th-century theatrical slang, in reference to the ‘dragging’ of a woman’s long skirts along the ground (an unusual sensation for someone used to wearing trousers).
=> draw
drag (v.): mid-15c., from Old Norse draga, or a dialectal variant of Old English dragan "to draw," both from Proto-Germanic *dragan "to draw, pull," from PIE root *dhragh- "to draw, drag on the ground" (cognates: Sanskrit dhrajati "pulls, slides in," Russian drogi "wagon;" but not considered to be directly the source of Latin trahere).

Meaning "to take a puff" (of a cigarette, etc.) is from 1914. Related: Dragged; dragging. Drag-out "violent fight" is from c. 1859. To drag (one's) feet (1946, in figurative sense) supposedly is from logging, from a lazy way to use a two-man saw.
drag (n.): c. 1300, "dragnet," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish dragg "grapnel") or from Old English dræge "dragnet," related to dragan "to draw" (see drag (v.)).

Sense of "annoying, boring person or thing" is 1813, perhaps from the notion of something that must be dragged as an impediment. Sense of "women's clothing worn by a man" is said to be 1870 theater slang, from the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor (another guess is Yiddish trogn "to wear," from German tragen); drag queen is from 1941.

Drag racing (1947), is said to be from thieves' slang drag "automobile" (1935), perhaps ultimately from slang sense of "wagon, buggy" (1755), because a horse would drag it. By 1851 this was transferred to "street," as in the phrase main drag (which some propose as the source of the racing sense).
In addition to the time trials there are a number of "drag races" between two or more cars. They are run, not for record, but to satisfy the desire of most Americans to see who can get from here to there in the fastest time. ["Popular Mechanics," January 1947]

同义词辨析

drag, draw, pull, haul, tug, tow, jerk

这些动词都有"拖，拉"之意。

drag：指沿斜坡而上或水平方向缓慢地拖或拉十分沉重的人或物。作借喻时可指把人硬拉扯过来。

draw：指将人或物朝出力者的方向拖，不涉及力的大小，含平稳意味，常作借喻用。

pull：最普通用词，包含本组其它各词的一些意思，可指朝各个方向拉，侧重一时或突然拉动的动作。

haul：指用力拖或拉，不涉及方向，多作航海用词。

tug：多指一阵阵地用力拖或拉，但不一定使被拉的人或物移动。

tow：特指用绳子或链条等拖或拉本身无动力或无法使用自身动力的东西。

jerk：指快而突然地拉。

考试真题

Bonn has now tested this idea by building small sleds and dragging heavy objects over sand.

I found myself increasingly unwilling to drag myself to dance performances, so I quit.

Indeed science is so good at what it does that there's always a temptation to drag it into problems where it may not be helpful.

Most cats just drag food home because it's a safe place to eat.

Then they would have dragged them along paths.

This meant, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, dragging his heavy instrument case across the campus to the pitying looks of the non-musicians he had left behind.

And it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans’ economic and private lives, not to mention infuriating.

And it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans' economic and private lives, not to mention infuriating.

Other birds flying in the up wash experience reduced drag, and spend less energy propelling themselves.

词组搭配

drag one's feet

walk slowly and wearily or with difficulty

拖着脚步走

drag someone/thing through the mud

make damaging allegations about someone or something

中伤，损害，将…拖进浑水里

he felt enough loyalty to his old school not to drag its name through the mud.
他对母校的忠诚足以使他不去损害她的名誉。

drag up

(informal)dress up in clothes more conventionally worn by the opposite sex

(非正式)以异性服装装扮

drag someone up

(Brit. informal)bring up a child badly

(英，非正式)胡乱马虎地把（孩子）拉扯大

would you have her dragged up by a succession of au pairs?.
难道你愿意让一个接一个的寄住妇女把她胡乱拉扯大？。

drag (one's) feet 或 drag (one's) heels

To act or work with intentional slowness; delay

拖延：在行动中或工作中有意延缓、拖拉

“The bureaucracy has been known to drag its feet in implementing directives with which it disagrees”(&b{Henry A. Kissinger})
“政府机构在执行它持异议的指示时有意拖拉，这是出了名的”(&b{亨利A.基辛格})

实用场景例句

I dragged the chair over to the window.: 我把椅子拖到了窗口那边。

They dragged her from her bed.: 他们把她从床上拽了起来。

I managed to drag myself out of bed.: 我总算硬撑着从床上爬了起来。

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。

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。

The party was so good I couldn't drag myself away.: 这聚会太开心了，我舍不得离开。

Time dragged terribly.: 时间过得真慢。

The meeting really dragged.: 这会议开得真拖拉。

The government, he claimed, was dragging its feet.: 他声称政府在故意拖延。

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。

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。

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。

He took a drag on his cigarette, and exhaled the smoke.: 他吸了一口烟，吐出了烟雾。

A dry sandwich is a drag to eat.: 放干的三明治很难吃。

As far as shopping for clothes goes, it's a drag...: 逛街买衣服是件挺没意思的事。

Spending cuts will put a drag on growth.: 缩减开支会减缓增长速度。

...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

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。

He drags his leg, and he can hardly lift his arm.: 他拖着腿，几乎举不起他的胳膊。

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。

The minutes dragged past...: 时间一分钟一分钟地熬过去。

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。

The satellite acts as a drag on the shuttle...: 卫星成了航天飞机的累赘。

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。

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。

He got up and dragged his chair towards the table.: 他站起来把他的椅子拖向桌子。

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。

The vigilantes dragged the men out of the vehicles...: 治安人员硬把那些人拉下车。

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。

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。