| 单词 | to drag one's feet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drag one's feet b. Said of moving the body or limbs with difficulty, or of allowing a member to trail. Also figurative, esp. in to drag one's feet (also to drag one's heels) (originally U.S.), to delay deliberately, hold back deliberately. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > make (its way) slowly [verb (transitive)] > move (the body or limbs) along slowly or wearily trail1562 drag1583 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xviii. 105 We dragge our winges after vs as they say. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 115 [The Snake] retires. He drags his Tail. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 146 His Brush he drags, And sweeps the mire impure. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 228 So reduced that they could scarcely drag themselves along. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. i. 24 Four wretched animals, who can hardly drag themselves. a1897 Mod. I could scarcely drag one foot after the other. 1946 Life 20 May 69/1 The Soviets are frankly ‘dragging their feet’ in making the European peace in order to prolong chaos. 1948 News Chron. 16 Sept. 1/3 He indignantly denied that the Government was ‘dragging its feet’ as it had been suggested in the American Press. 1950 Hansard Commons 28 Mar. 197 It is widely thought..in America that the British Government are lacking in zeal for the whole plan—‘dragging their feet’ is, I believe, the American expression. 1970 Times 24 Mar. 12/1 Many local authorities drag their feet. They wait for their sewage works to become..overloaded. 1970 New Scientist 4 June 480/1 Many authorities are dragging their heels in setting up the zones. < as lemmas |
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