drag
verb/dræɡ/
/dræɡ/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they drag | /dræɡ/ /dræɡ/ |
| he / she / it drags | /dræɡz/ /dræɡz/ |
| past simple dragged | /dræɡd/ /dræɡd/ |
| past participle dragged | /dræɡd/ /dræɡd/ |
| -ing form dragging | /ˈdræɡɪŋ/ /ˈdræɡɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to pull somebody/something along with effort and difficulty
（使劲而吃力地）拖，拉 - drag somebody/something The sack is too heavy to lift—you’ll have to drag it.
这袋子太重，提不起来，你得拖着走。 - drag somebody/something + adv./prep. 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。 - He quickly dragged a comb through his hair.
他快速地用梳子梳理头发。 - drag somebody/something + adj. She managed to drag him clear of the wreckage.
她设法把他从废墟中拖了出来。
Synonyms pullpulldrag ▪ draw ▪ haul ▪ tow ▪ tugThese words all mean to move something in a particular direction, especially towards or behind you.pull to hold something and move it in a particular direction; to hold or be attached to a vehicle and move it along behind you:- 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。
- The sack is too heavy to lift—you’ll have to drag it.
这袋子太重，提不起来，你得拖着走。
- 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
- Fishermen were hauling in their nets.
渔民在拉网。
- Our car was towed away by the police.
我们的汽车被警察拖走了。
- She tried to escape but he tugged her back.
她试图逃跑，但他把她拽了回来。
- to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow/tug somebody/something along/down/towards something
- to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow somebody/something 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 something
- dogs pull/drag/haul something
Extra Examples- Police dragged protesters away from the embassy entrance.
警察把抗议者从大使馆入口拖走。 - Dogs drag the sledges for hundreds of miles across the snow.
狗拖着雪橇在雪地里走好几百英里。
- drag somebody/something The sack is too heavy to lift—you’ll have to drag it.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to take hold of something and pull it
拽；扯 - Desperately, Jinny dragged at his arm.
金妮拼命地拽着他的胳膊。
- Desperately, Jinny dragged at his arm.
- [transitive, intransitive] to move yourself slowly and with effort
缓慢而费力地移动（或行进） - drag yourself + adv./prep. I managed to drag myself out of bed.
我总算硬撑着从床上爬了起来。 - + adv./prep. She always drags behind when we walk anywhere.
不管我们走去哪里，她都慢慢腾腾地跟在后面。
Extra Examples- He dragged himself back home.
他拖着自己的身子回到了家。 - She dragged herself up the stairs by the banister.
她扶着栏杆拖着楼梯走上楼梯。
- drag yourself + adv./prep. I managed to drag myself out of bed.
- [transitive] drag somebody/yourself + adv./prep. to persuade somebody to come or go somewhere they do not really want to come or go to
生拉硬拽；劝人勉强来（或去） - 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那么远。 - The party was so good I couldn't drag myself away.
这聚会太好玩了，我舍不得离开。 - He came in, dragging his three children behind him.
他进来了，身后拖着三个孩子。
Extra Examples- My parents used to drag me to piano lessons when I was a kid.
当我还是个孩子的时候，我的父母常常拉着我去上钢琴课。 - It's time you dragged yourself away from that computer!
到时间了，你该离开那电脑了！ - I know you like hanging out in the mall, but I don't know why you have to drag me with you.
我知道你喜欢逛商场，但我不知道你为什么非要拉着我一起去。 - She dragged her eyes away from his.
她把目光从他身上移开。
- I'm sorry to drag you all this way in the heat.
- [intransitive] (of time or an event) to pass very slowly
过得很慢；拖沓地进行 - Time dragged terribly.
时间过得真慢。 - The meeting really dragged.
这会议开得真拖拉。
- Time dragged terribly.
- [intransitive, transitive] to move, or make something move, partly touching the ground
（使）在地上拖着移动 - This dress is too long—it drags on the ground when I walk.
这条连衣裙太长了，我走路时会拖在地上。 - drag something He was dragging his coat in the mud.
他的外套拖在泥里。
- This dress is too long—it drags on the ground when I walk.
- [transitive] drag something (for somebody/something) to search the bottom of a river, lake, etc. with nets or hooks
用网（或钩）搜索（河或湖底） - They dragged the canal for the murder weapon.
他们用拖网沿运河打捞凶器。
- They dragged the canal for the murder weapon.
- [transitive] drag something + adv./prep. to move some text, an icon, etc. across the screen of a computer using the mouse
（用鼠标）拖动 - Click on the file and drag it across.
点击文件并将它拖过来。
WordfinderTopics Computersc2- command
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old English dragan or Old Norse draga ‘to draw’; the noun partly from Middle Low German dragge ‘grapnel, a grappling hook’.
Idioms
drag your feet/heels
- to be deliberately slow in doing something or in making a decision
故意拖拉；故意延迟（作出决定）
drag somebody through the mud/dirt | drag somebody's name through the mud/dirt
- (informal) to criticize or say bad things about somebody in public, in a way that is unfair
诋毁；公开说…的坏话 - The paper has dragged his name through the mud.
报纸对他进行了诋毁。 - They feel their agency has been dragged through the mud by the press.
他们觉得他们的机构被媒体拖入泥潭。 - Football's good name is being dragged through the dirt.
足球的好名声正在被玷污。
- The paper has dragged his name through the mud.
(drag somebody) kicking and screaming
- (informal) if you drag somebody kicking and screaming to do something, they only do it with great protests because they don't really want to do it at all
（在某人极力反抗之下）生拉硬拽某人做某事 - The president had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the signing ceremony.
总统极不情愿地被硬拖到签字仪式上。
- The president had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the signing ceremony.
pull/drag yourself up by your (own) bootstraps
- (informal) to improve your situation yourself, without help from other people
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