单词 | to drag on, along |
释义 | > as lemmasto drag on, along a. intransitive. To advance or progress slowly and painfully; to be tediously protracted; to become tedious by protraction. to drag on, along: to go on with painful or wearisome protraction. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > grow longer or extend > be tediously protracted in a person's fingers1469 defer1546 drag1735 linger1836 1735 A. Pope Epist. Lady 29 Long open panegyrick drags at best. 1795 R. Southey Vision Maid of Orleans iii. 290 He shall not drag Forlorn and friendless, along life's long path. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxxii. 19 The day drags through though storms keep out the sun. 1830 Examiner 472/2 He..continued to drag round the course till he had made sixty-five circuits. 1836 C. Dickens Let. ?23 Jan. (1965) I. 120 I did set to work yesterday, and dragged on as well as I could. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 10 A correspondence..had already lasted through the long vacation..without sensibly dragging. < as lemmas |
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