dragged, dragging
- with obj. and adverbial of direction pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty（用力地或粗鲁地、费力地）拉, 拽, 拖：
we dragged the boat up the beach
我们把船拖上海滩
figurative 〈喻〉 I dragged my eyes away.
我依依不舍地将目光移开。
- take (someone) to or from a place or event, despite their reluctance硬拉, 硬拖（某人去或离开某地等）：
my girlfriend is dragging me off to Rhodes for a week.
我的女友硬要拉我去罗得岛待上一个星期。
drag oneself
go somewhere wearily, reluctantly, or with difficulty疲惫（或不情愿、费力）地去某处（或做某事）：I have to drag myself out of bed each day.
我每天只得勉强自己从床上爬起来。
- move (an icon or other image) across a computer screen using a tool such as a mouse（用鼠标等工具在电脑屏幕上）拖动（图标或其他图像）。
- no obj.(of a person's clothes or an animal's tail) trail along the ground（衣服或动物的尾巴）在地上拖着：
the nuns walked in meditation, their habits dragging on the grassy verge.
修女们边走边沉思着, 修道服在长满草的路边上拖着。
- no obj.
drag at
catch hold of and pull (something)拉; 抓： desperately, Jinny dragged at his arm.
吉尼拼命地抓着他的胳膊。
- with obj.(of a ship) trail (an anchor) along the seabed, causing the ship to drift（船）拖动（锚）。
- no obj.(of an anchor) fail to hold, causing a ship or boat to drift（船）走锚。
- with obj. search the bottom of (a river, lake, or the sea) with grapnels or nets用抓钩（或网）在…的底部搜索：
frogmen had dragged the local river.
蛙人用网（或抓钩）搜索了当地那条河的河底。
- with obj.
drag something up
informal deliberately mention an unwelcome or unpleasant fact〈非正式〉故意提起（令人不快的事）： pieces of evidence about his early life were dragged up.
有关他早年生活的一些事被抖了出来。
drag someone/thing into
involve someone or something in (a situation or matter), typically when such involvement is inappropriate or unnecessary（尤指不合适或不必要地）使卷入：he had no right to drag you into this sort of thing.
他无权硬让你卷入这类事情。
drag something in/into
introduce an irrelevant or inappropriate subject把（不相干或不适当的话题）扯入：politics were never dragged into the conversation.
对话中从来没有扯到过政治。
drag someone/thing down
bring someone or something to a lower level or standard使（水平或标准）下降; 拖垮：the economy will be dragged down by inefficient firms.
低效率公司会导致经济下降。
- no obj.(of time, events, or activities) pass slowly and tediously（时间, 事件, 活动）缓慢且单调乏味地过去：
the day dragged-eventually it was time for bed.
白天算是熬过去了——终于到了睡觉的时间。
- (of a process or situation) continue at tedious and unnecessary length（过程或情况）缓慢且单调乏味地进行, 拖沓地进行：
the dispute between the two families dragged on for some years.
两家人的争执拖了好些年。
- with obj.
drag something out
protract something unnecessarily拖延, （不必要地）拖长： he dragged out the process of serving them.
他慢吞吞地给他们上菜。
- no obj.
drag on
informal (of a person) inhale the smoke from (a cigarette)〈非正式〉抽, 吸（烟）。
- mass noun the action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty（用力或费力的）拖, 曳, 拉：
the drag of the current.
水流的拉力。
- the longitudinal retarding force exerted by air or other fluid surrounding a moving object（运动中物体周围的空气或其他流体施加的纵向）阻力, 抗力, 摩擦力。
- in sing. a person or thing that impedes progress or development障碍, 累赘, 拖后腿的人（或事物）：
Larry was turning out to be a drag on her career.
拉里最终成了她事业上的一个累赘。
- Angling unnatural motion of a fishing fly caused by the pull of the line【钓】（拉钓线时引起的假蝇的）异动。
- count noun archaic an iron shoe that can be applied as a brake to the wheel of a cart or wagon〈古〉车轮制动器, 刹车。
- in sing. informal a boring or tiresome person or thing〈非正式〉令人厌倦的人（或事物）, 讨厌的人（或事物）：
working nine to five can be a drag.
从早上九点一直工作到下午五点会让人厌倦的。
- informal an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette〈非正式〉（抽烟动作的）一吸, 一抽：
he took a long drag on his cigarette.
他深深地吸了一口烟。
- mass noun clothing more conventionally worn by the opposite sex, especially women's clothes worn by a man习惯上为异性穿的服装（尤指男子穿的女式服装）：
a fashion show, complete with men in drag
一场伴有男着女装的时装表演
as modifier a live drag show.一场直播的表演者穿异性服装的时装表演。
- short for DRAG RACE.DRAG RACE的简称。
- informal a street or road〈非正式〉街, 路：
the effect is like cruising along a drag in your car
其效果就像开着车沿路巡游
the main drag.
主要街道。
- Brit. informal, dated a car〈英, 非正式, 旧〉汽车：
a stately great drag with a smart chauffeur.
一辆气派十足、配有时髦司机的大轿车。
- historical a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses〈史〉（四匹马拉的）高大私人马车。
- a thing that is pulled along the ground or through water, in particular被拖（或拉）之物, 尤指：
- historical a harrow used for breaking up the surface of land〈史〉重型耙, 耢。
- an apparatus for dredging a river or for recovering the bodies of drowned people from a river, a lake, or the sea疏浚机; 打捞器。
- mass noun N. Amer. informal influence over other people〈北美, 非正式〉（对其他人的）影响（力）：
they had the education but they didn't have the drag.
他们接受过此类教育, 但不具相应影响力。
- a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox（拖在猎犬前面代替狐狸用的具有强烈气味的）人工臭迹。
- a hunt using such a lure利用人工臭迹的追猎。
- Music one of the basic patterns (rudiments) of drumming, consisting of a stroke preceded by two grace notes which are usually played with the other stick【乐】每次敲击前用另一只鼓槌先击两个装饰音（基本的击鼓模式之一）。参见
RUFF4 。
drag one's feet
- walk slowly and wearily or with difficulty拖着脚步走。
- （亦作drag one's heels）figurative (of a person or organization) be deliberately slow or reluctant to act〈喻〉（人或机构）故意拖拉（或磨蹭）：
the government has dragged its heels over permanent legislation.
政府迟迟不进行永久性立法。
- drag someone/thing through the mud make damaging allegations about someone or something中伤, 伤害, 玷污：
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伤害她的名誉。
drag up
- informal dress up in clothes more conventionally worn by the opposite sex〈非正式〉穿上异性服装。
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?
难道你要让一个接一个的寄住打工妹来把她胡乱拉扯大吗？