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单词 main drag
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drag /drag/

transitive verb (draggˈing; dragged)
  1. To draw by force
  2. To draw slowly
  3. To move (an icon, file, etc) across the screen by using a mouse with its key kept depressed (computing)
  4. To pull roughly and violently
  5. To trail
  6. To explore with a dragnet or hook
  7. To apply a drag to
intransitive verb
  1. To hang so as to trail on the ground
  2. To be forcibly drawn along
  3. To move slowly and heavily
  4. To lag
  5. To give the feeling of being unduly slow or tedious
noun
  1. Anything dragged
  2. An act of dragging
  3. A dragging effect
  4. The component of the aerodynamic force on a body travelling through a fluid (esp a vehicle travelling through air) that lies along the longitudinal axis
  5. A net or hook for dragging along to catch things under water
  6. A device on a reel that puts pressure on the line to prevent it breaking (angling)
  7. A heavy harrow
  8. A device for guiding wood to the saw
  9. A car, lorry or wagon (slang)
  10. A mail-coach
  11. A long open carriage, with transverse or side seats
  12. A brake, esp an iron shoe that drags on the ground
  13. Any obstacle to progress
  14. A tedious, dreary occupation or experience (informal)
  15. Influence, pull (US sl)
  16. A trail of scent left by an animal, or a trail of broken undergrowth caused by an animal dragging off its prey
  17. An artificial scent dragged on the ground for foxhounds to follow
  18. A short ‘draw’ on a cigarette (informal)
  19. A retarded motion of the cue ball imparted by striking somewhat under the centre (snooker, etc)
  20. (the wearing of) transvestite clothing, now usu women's clothing worn by a man, or a form of entertainment involving this (informal; also adjective)
  21. A homosexuals' party (slang)
ORIGIN: Scot and N Eng from OE dragan or ON draga

draggˈing noun

A technique in interior decoration, in which a brush is pulled through freshly-applied paint to give an irregular decorative effect

draggˈy adjective (informal)

Boring, tedious

dragˈster noun

A car for drag-racing

dragˈ-bar noun

A drawbar

dragˈ-chain noun

  1. A chain used as drag to a wheel
  2. A chain for coupling railway vehicles

dragˈhound noun

A foxhound trained to follow a drag

drag hunt noun

drag lift noun

A ski lift that pulls people wearing skis up a slope

dragˈline noun

An excavating machine, crane-like in appearance, moving on articulated tracks (or walking dragline, on ‘legs' having steel plates as ‘feet’), and drawing towards itself a bucket suspended from a long jib

dragˈ-man noun

A fisherman who uses a dragnet

dragˈnet noun

  1. A net to be dragged along the bottom of water or the ground
  2. A systematic police search for a wanted person

dragˈ-parachute noun

A small parachute attached to the rear of an aircraft, which opens on landing to assist deceleration

drag queen noun

A professional female impersonator

drag race noun

A motor car or motorcycle contest in acceleration, with standing start and over a quarter-mile course

dragˈ-racing noun

dragˈ-shot noun

A shot that imparts drag to a snooker or billiard ball

dragsˈman noun

The driver of a drag or coach

drag and drop (computing)

To move an icon, file, etc across the screen using a mouse and release it in a different place (dragˈ-and-dropˈ adjective)

drag by

To pass slowly

drag on

To continue slowly and tediously

drag one's feet or heels

To hang back deliberately in doing something (footˈ-dragging noun)

drag out

To prolong unnecessarily or tediously

drag out of

To get (information, etc) from (someone) with difficulty, sometimes by force

drag up (informal)

  1. To mention or quote (a story, etc, esp defamatory) inappropriately or unnecessarily
  2. To bring up (a child) badly
  3. To wear transvestite clothing, usu of a man wearing women's clothing

main drag (informal, chiefly US)

The main street of a town

main1 /mān/

adjective
  1. Great
  2. Extensive
  3. Important
  4. Chief, principal
  5. First in importance or extent
  6. Leading
  7. General
  8. Strong (Milton)
  9. Sheer (as in main force)
noun
  1. Strength, esp in the phrase might and main
  2. The principal part
  3. The mainland
  4. The high sea
  5. A great expanse (Shakespeare and Milton)
  6. A principal pipe or conductor in a branching system distributing water, gas, electricity, etc
  7. (in pl) the water, gas or electricity supply available through such a system
  8. That which is essential
  9. The most part
  10. Purpose (obsolete).
adverb (Scot or dialect)

Exceedingly

ORIGIN: Partly OE mægen strength, partly ON meginn strong; influence of OFr maine, magne, (from L magnus) great, is questioned

mainˈly adverb

  1. Chiefly, principally
  2. Much (obsolete or dialect)

mainˈboom noun

The spar that extends the foot of a fore-and-aft mainsail

mainˈbrace noun

The brace attached to the mainyard (see also splice)

main chance see under chance

main clause noun (grammar)

Same as principal clause (see under principal)

main course noun

  1. The mainsail on square-rigged ships
  2. The principal course of any meal

mainˈ-deck noun

The principal deck of a ship

mainˈdoor noun

  1. A door giving independent access to a house, distinguished from one opening into a common passage
  2. A ground-floor house in a tenement building or villa-block, entered from the front by a door of its own (Scot)

main drag see under drag

mainˈframe noun

A large, powerful computer, often with many simultaneous users, as opposed to a minicomputer or microcomputer

adjective

(of a computer) that is a mainframe

mainˈland /-lənd, -land/ noun

The principal or larger land, as opposed to neighbouring islands

mainˈlander noun

main line noun

  1. A railway line between important centres
  2. A principal route, course, etc
  3. An important vein (slang)

mainˈline adjective

Of or situated on a major route

intransitive verb and transitive verb (slang)

  1. To take (a narcotic) intravenously
  2. To consume (something) voraciously or at speed

mainˈliner noun

mainˈlining noun

mainˈmast /-məst, -mäst/ noun

The principal mast, usually second from the prow

main memory noun (computing)

Same as main store below

main plane noun

The wings of an aeroplane considered as a unit

main purpose rule noun (law)

A rule presuming that an exemption clause in a contract, etc, is not intended to defeat the main object of that contract

mainˈsail /-sl, -sāl/ noun

The principal sail, generally attached to the mainmast

main sequence noun (astronomy)

The principal sequence of stars on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, running diagonally from upper left (high temperature, high luminosity) to lower right (low temperature, low luminosity) and containing about 90% of all known stars

mainˈsheet noun

The sheet or rope attached to the lower corner of the mainsail

mainˈspring noun

  1. The spring that gives motion to any piece of machinery, esp that of a watch or a clock
  2. Principal motive, motivating influence (figurative)

mainˈstay noun

  1. A rope stretching forward and down from the top of the mainmast
  2. Chief support

main store noun

The part of a computer's memory holding data and programs before, during, and after processing or execution

main stream noun

  1. A river with tributaries
  2. The chief direction or trend in any historical development, including that of an art

mainˈstream adjective

  1. Relating to the main stream (lit and figurative)
  2. (of cigarette smoke) that which is drawn into a smoker's mouth or lungs
  3. (of swing) coming in the line of development between early and modern (jazz)
  4. In accordance with what is normal or standard

transitive verb (esp N American)

  1. To make mainstream
  2. To integrate (children with disabilities) into classes of able-bodied children (education)

mainˈstreaming noun

Main Street adjective (US; also without cap)

Relating to the most mediocre or materialistic aspects of town or city life

mainˈstreeting noun (Can)

Electioneering or canvassing of support by a political candidate in the main streets of town, etc

mainˈtop noun

A platform on the top of the lower mainmast

maintop-gallˈant-mast noun

The mast above the maintopmast

maintopˈmast noun

The mast next above the lower mainmast

maintopˈsail noun

The sail above the mainsail, in square-rigged ships

mainˈyard noun

The lower yard on the mainmast

in the main

  1. For the most part
  2. On the whole

might and main

Utmost strength

Spanish Main see under Spanish
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