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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++drag1 /dræɡ/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (dragged, dragging) 1 PULL ALONG THE GROUNDpull STH 拖[拉]某物 [transitive]PULL to pull something along the ground, often because it is too heavy to carry 拖，拉drag something 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。► see thesaurus at pull2 NOT GENTLYpull SB 拖[拉]某人 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]PULL to pull someone somewhere where they do not want to go, in a way that is not gentle 硬拉，硬拖，硬拽 He grabbed her arm and dragged her into the room. 他抓住她的手臂把她拖进房间。3 drag yourself to/into/out of etc something informalMOVE/CHANGE POSITION to move somewhere with difficulty, especially because you are ill, tired, or unhappy 〔尤因患病、疲惫或不开心而〕费力地走到/进/出某处等 I dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom. 我吃力地下床走进浴室。 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PERSUADE somebody TO COME [transitive always + adverb/preposition] informalFORCE somebody TO DO something if you drag someone somewhere, you persuade or force them to come with you when they do not want to 硬拉〔某人去某处〕 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 [transitive] to move words, pictures etc on a computer screen by pulling them along with the mouse 〔用鼠标〕拖动 You can drag and drop text like this. 你可以这样拖放文本。6 be boring 无聊TIME [intransitive]LONG TIME if time or an event drags, it seems to go very slowly because nothing interesting is happening 进行得缓慢，拖沓 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TOUCH THE GROUND [intransitive]TOUCH if something is dragging along the ground, part of it is touching the ground as you move 〔指某物〕拖地drag along/in/on Your coat’s dragging in the mud. 你的外套拖在泥里了。8 drag your feet/heels informalWILLING to take too much time to do something because you do not want to do it 做事拖拉，迟迟不做 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 SCPLOOK FORto 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 somebody’s name through the mud RUMOUR/RUMORto tell people about the bad things that someone has done, so that they will have a bad opinion of them 污损某人的名声11. drag somebody through the courts 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 somebody kicking and screaming into something 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. 这个政党，不管是否愿意，都将不得不面对21世纪。13. look as if you’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards 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 [transitive] 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 a bird dragging its broken wing 拖着断翅的鸟 PHRASAL VERBS→ See Verb table
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drag• The last two hours of the play really dragged.• Why do physics lessons always seem to drag?• It was like trying to drag a sled with a pile of bricks on it.• That's better than letting it drag and drag; you lose a lot of the vibe that way.• And then what a cheat, to be dragged back to daylight!• As the months drag by, you find out who your real friends are.• She loved it down there so much, we just about had to drag her out of the water.• Mumphrey dragged her up a flight of stairs and beat her repeatedly.• Alexei dragged his coat off what remained of the lantern pole.• Grouse are dragged in as the hungry lynx turn to them when their main item of diet disappears.• One of the firemen went back in and dragged my husband out through the flames.• The day dragged on, and there was still no sign of Jake.• As time dragged on, I gradually got worse.• So the campaign drags on to the next election.• Pick up your chairs, children. Don't drag them along the floor.• You can delete the files by dragging them into your "trash" folder.• Mom dragged us to a Barry Manilow concert last night.drag and drop• Actions such as downloading files are simple copy operations accomplished by drag and drop.• For example: To move a data file from a folder to the desktop, you click, drag and drop.• The desktop manager supports drag and drop, and includes graphical file systems management and administration.• This is called drag and drop, and it's a pleasant way to shuffle your spreadsheet about.• You can now drag and drop any folder, or shortcut within a folder, and place them within your new category.• Clicking on a directory will open it, clicking on a file or dragging and dropping it should start the download.• With most programs it's as simple as dragging and dropping the file.• Either drag and drop them into a message or choose Send Page from under the File menu.drag along/in/on• More layoffs may be in store if the federal shutdown drags on.• The Grunwick dispute is still nominally dragging on.• What to do when the school holidays drag on.• He dragged on crumpled clothes, tried to eat breakfast but spat out the mouthful, fled to his car.• I took a huge drag on my cigarette and realized that I had smoked almost the whole thing.• Legal proceedings against Papon began in 1982 and have dragged along since.• Her long skirt dragged on the ground and her tangled hair fell around Janir as she hunched over him.• Kayla's scarf dragged along the sidewalk as she walked.• Then both took a drag on their cigarettes.drag2 noun 1 a drag informal2 be a drag on somebody/something PROBLEMto make it hard for someone to make progress towards what they want 是某人/某物的累赘3 ON CIGARETTE[countable]DFT the act of breathing in smoke from your cigarette 吸入一口烟4 in drag SYwearing clothes worn by the opposite sex, especially to entertain people 〔尤指为逗乐而〕穿着异性服装5 FORCE[uncountable]TTTE 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6 the main drag TTR American English informal the biggest or longest street that goes through a town 〔横穿城镇的〕主干道，主马路Examples from the Corpus
drag• Here Susskind Eikhl winked at Bella and took a drag on his cigarette.• Kevin tried another drag at the cigarette.• The car's low profile and rounded edges reduce its drag.• He did a remarkably accurate imitation of the soft, low drag of a rapidly disappearing device.• The resultant drag could topple the plane from the sky.took a drag• Here Susskind Eikhl winked at Bella and took a drag on his cigarette.• Then both took a drag on their cigarettes.• Dmitri took a drag of his joint; then he removed the needle from the disc.• At times when he took a drag on his cigarette, one caught a gleam of sorrow in his features.From Longman Business Dictionarydragdrag /dræg/ verb [transitive]COMPUTING to move words, pictures etc across a computer screen by pulling them along with the mouseEither drag and drop the page into a message or choose Send Page from under the File menu.→ See Verb tableOrigin drag1 (1300-1400) Old Norse draga or Old English dragan; → DRAW1the Corpus Business because ground, pull to along something often
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drag1 S3 W3 /dræɡ/ 
verb (past tense and past participle dragged, present participle dragging)1. PULL SOMETHING [transitive] to pull something along the ground, often because it is too heavy to carry
drag something away/along/through etc
Inge managed to drag the table into the kitchen.
2. PULL SOMEBODY [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to pull someone somewhere where they do not want to go, in a way that is not gentle:
He grabbed her arm and dragged her into the room.
3. drag yourself to/into/out of etc something informal to move somewhere with difficulty, especially because you are ill, tired, or unhappy:
I dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom.
Can you drag yourself away from (=stop watching) the TV for a minute?
4. PERSUADE SOMEBODY TO COME [transitive always + adverb/preposition] informal if you drag someone somewhere, you persuade or force them to come with you when they do not want to:
Mom dragged us to a classical music concert.
5. COMPUTER [transitive] to move words, pictures etc on a computer screen by pulling them along with the mouse:
You can drag and drop text like this.
6. BE BORING [intransitive] if time or an event drags, it seems to go very slowly because nothing interesting is happening:
Friday afternoons always drag.
7. TOUCH THE GROUND [intransitive] if something is dragging along the ground, part of it is touching the ground as you move
drag along/in/on
Your coat’s dragging in the mud.
8. drag your feet/heels informal to take too much time to do something because you do not want to do it:
The authorities are dragging their feet over banning cigarette advertising.
9. drag a lake/river etc to look for something in a lake, river etc by pulling a heavy net along the bottom:
The police are dragging the lake for the missing girl’s body.
10. drag sb’s name through the mud to tell people about the bad things that someone has done, so that they will have a bad opinion of them
11. drag somebody through the courts 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
12. drag somebody kicking and screaming into something to force someone to do something that they do not want to – used humorously:
The party will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
13. look as if you’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards to look very untidy – used humorously
14. INJURED LEG/FOOT [transitive] if you drag your leg, foot etc, you cannot lift it off the ground as you walk because it is injured:
a bird dragging its broken wing
drag somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb
1. to make someone feel unhappy and weak:
Joe’s been ill for weeks now – it’s really dragging him down.
2. to make the price, level, or quality of something go down:
Declining prices for aluminium have dragged down the company’s earnings.
3. if someone or something bad drags you down, they make you become worse or get into a worse situation:
Don’t let them drag you down to their level.
drag somebody/something into something (also drag somebody/something ↔ in) phrasal verb
1. to make someone get involved in an argument, war, or other unpleasant situation that they do not want to be involved in:
I’m sorry to drag you into this mess.
2. to talk about something when you are having a discussion or argument, even though it is not connected with it:
Don’t drag my past into this__
drag on phrasal verb
if an event or situation drags on, it continues for too long
drag on for
an expensive court battle that could drag on for years
drag something ↔ out phrasal verb
to make an event or situation last longer than is necessary:
Neither of them wanted to drag the divorce out longer than they had to.
drag something out of somebody phrasal verb
to make someone tell you something when they had not intended to tell you or were not supposed to tell you:
Police finally dragged a confession out of him.
drag somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb
1. to mention an unpleasant or embarrassing story from the past, even though it upsets someone:
Why do you have to drag that up again?
2. be dragged up British English if a child is dragged up, their parents do not teach them to behave properly – used humorously:
Those children have been dragged up, not brought up__
▪ pull to make something or someone move in the direction that your hands are moving: He pulled her towards him and kissed her. | Sam was pulling on his socks.
▪tug to pull something suddenly with a short quick movement, often to get someone’s attention: ‘Look,’ he said, tugging at his brother’s sleeve. | I tugged at the drawer but it wouldn’t open.
▪drag to pull something along the ground, especially because it is heavy: If we can’t lift the piano, we’ll have to drag it.
▪haul to pull something big and heavy using a lot of effort, especially upwards and using a rope: They hauled their boats further up the beach. | fishermen hauling in their nets
▪heave to pull or lift something very heavy, especially with one movement: He heaved the sack of sand onto his shoulder.
▪draw formal to pull something or someone gently in a particular direction: Lisa reached for his hand but he drew it away.
▪pull to be attached to a vehicle or piece of machinery and make it move behind you in the direction you are going: Ten dogs were pulling a sledge over the ice. | a tractor pulling a plough
▪tow to pull a vehicle behind – used about a vehicle, a boat, or a horse pulling something using a rope or chain: The car in front of us was towing a caravan. | Horses were used to tow the boats along the canals.
▪draw to pull a vehicle such as a carriage – used especially about horses doing this: a carriage drawn by four horses | a horse-drawn cart
drag2 noun
1. a drag informal
a. something or someone that is boring:
Don’t be such a drag__ Come to the party.
b. something that is annoying and continues for a long time:
It’s a real drag having to travel so far to work every day.
2. be a drag on somebody/something to make it hard for someone to make progress towards what they want:
Any slowdown in the economy is going to be a drag on the President’s re-election campaign.
3. [countable] the act of breathing in smoke from your cigarette:
Frank took a drag on his cigarette.
4. in drag wearing clothes worn by the opposite sex, especially to entertain people:
The whole performance is done in drag.
5. [uncountable] the force of air that pushes against an aircraft or a vehicle that is moving forward:
The car’s rounded edges reduce drag.
6. the main drag American English informal the biggest or longest street that goes through a town:
Our hotel is right on the main drag.
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verb (past tense and past participle dragged, present participle dragging)1. PULL SOMETHING [transitive] to pull something along the ground, often because it is too heavy to carrydrag something away/along/through etc
2. PULL SOMEBODY [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to pull someone somewhere where they do not want to go, in a way that is not gentle:
3. drag yourself to/into/out of etc something informal to move somewhere with difficulty, especially because you are ill, tired, or unhappy:
4. PERSUADE SOMEBODY TO COME [transitive always + adverb/preposition] informal if you drag someone somewhere, you persuade or force them to come with you when they do not want to:
5. COMPUTER [transitive] to move words, pictures etc on a computer screen by pulling them along with the mouse:
6. BE BORING [intransitive] if time or an event drags, it seems to go very slowly because nothing interesting is happening:
7. TOUCH THE GROUND [intransitive] if something is dragging along the ground, part of it is touching the ground as you move
drag along/in/on
8. drag your feet/heels informal to take too much time to do something because you do not want to do it:
9. drag a lake/river etc to look for something in a lake, river etc by pulling a heavy net along the bottom:
10. drag sb’s name through the mud to tell people about the bad things that someone has done, so that they will have a bad opinion of them
11. drag somebody through the courts 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
12. drag somebody kicking and screaming into something to force someone to do something that they do not want to – used humorously:
13. look as if you’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards to look very untidy – used humorously
14. INJURED LEG/FOOT [transitive] if you drag your leg, foot etc, you cannot lift it off the ground as you walk because it is injured:
drag somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb
1. to make someone feel unhappy and weak:
2. to make the price, level, or quality of something go down:
3. if someone or something bad drags you down, they make you become worse or get into a worse situation:
drag somebody/something into something (also drag somebody/something ↔ in) phrasal verb
1. to make someone get involved in an argument, war, or other unpleasant situation that they do not want to be involved in:
2. to talk about something when you are having a discussion or argument, even though it is not connected with it:
drag on phrasal verb
if an event or situation drags on, it continues for too long
drag on for
drag something ↔ out phrasal verb
to make an event or situation last longer than is necessary:
drag something out of somebody phrasal verb
to make someone tell you something when they had not intended to tell you or were not supposed to tell you:
drag somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb
1. to mention an unpleasant or embarrassing story from the past, even though it upsets someone:
2. be dragged up British English if a child is dragged up, their parents do not teach them to behave properly – used humorously:
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noun1. a drag informal
a. something or someone that is boring:
b. something that is annoying and continues for a long time:
2. be a drag on somebody/something to make it hard for someone to make progress towards what they want:
3. [countable] the act of breathing in smoke from your cigarette:
4. in drag wearing clothes worn by the opposite sex, especially to entertain people:
5. [uncountable] the force of air that pushes against an aircraft or a vehicle that is moving forward:
6. the main drag American English informal the biggest or longest street that goes through a town:
pull to hold sth and move it in a particular direction; to hold or be attached to a vehicle and move it along behind you 指向某方向拖、拉、牵引 ：◆ Pull the chair nearer the table. 把椅子再往桌子这边拉近些。 ◆ They use oxen to pull their carts. 他们用牛拉车。 drag to pull sb/sth in a particular direction or behind you, usually along the ground, and especially with effort 通常指使劲在地上拖、拉、拽 ：◆ The sack is too heavy to lift—you'll have to drag it. 这麻袋太重了，提不起来。你得拖着走。 draw ( to move sb/sth by pulling them/it gently; to pull a vehicle such as a carriage指拖动、拉动、牵引、拖车 ：◆ I drew my chair closer to the fire. 我把椅子向火旁拉近了点。 ◆ a horse-drawn carriage马车 haul to pull sb/sth to a particular place with a lot of effort 指用力拖、拉、拽 ：◆ Fishermen were hauling in their nets. 渔民在拉网。
drag or haul? 用 drag 还是 haul？
tow to pull a car, boat or light plane behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain 指用绳索拖、拉、牵引（汽车、船或轻型飞机） ：◆ Our car was towed away by the police. 我们的汽车被警察拖走了。 tug to pull sb/sth hard in a particular direction 指朝某一方向用力拖、拉、拽 ：◆ She tried to escape but he tugged her back. 她试图逃跑，但他把她拽了回来。
Patterns
to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow/tug sb/sth along/down/towards sthto pull/drag/draw/haul/tow sb/sth behind you to pull/drag/draw/haul a cart/sledge to pull/draw a coach/carriage to pull/haul/tow a truck horses pull/draw/haul sthdogs pull/drag/haul sth
