| 单词 | drag |
| 释义 | drag v. & n. --v (dragged, dragging) 1. tr. pull along with effort or difficulty. 2. a tr. allow (one's feet, tail, etc.) to trail along the ground. b intr. trail along the ground. c intr. (of time etc.) go or pass heavily or slowly or tediously. 3. a intr. (usu. foll. by for) use a grapnel or drag (to find a drowned person or lost object). b tr. search the bottom of (a river etc.) with grapnels, nets, or drags. 4. tr. (often foll. by to) colloq. take (a person to a place etc., esp. against his or her will). 5. intr. (foll. by on, at) draw on (a cigarette etc.). 6. intr. (often foll. by on) continue at tedious length. --n 1. a an obstruction to progress. b Aeron. the longitudinal retarding force exerted by air. c slow motion; impeded progress. d an iron shoe for retarding a horse-drawn vehicle downhill. 2. colloq. a boring or dreary person, duty, performance, etc. 3. a a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox. b a hunt using this. 4. an apparatus for dredging or recovering drowned persons etc. from under water. 5. = drag-net. 6. sl. a draw on a cigarette etc. 7. sl. a women's clothes worn by men. b a party at which these are worn. c clothes in general. 8. an act of dragging. 9. a sl. a motor car. b (in full drag race) an acceleration race between cars usu. for a quarter of a mile. 10. US sl. influence, pull. 11. US sl. a street or road (the main drag). 12. hist. a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses. Phrases and idioms drag anchor (of a ship) move from a moored position when the anchor fails to hold. drag-anchor n. = sea anchor. drag one's feet (or heels) be deliberately slow or reluctant to act. drag-hound a hound used to hunt with a drag. drag in introduce (a subject) irrelevantly. drag-line an excavator with a bucket pulled in by a wire rope. drag-net 1. a net drawn through a river or across ground to trap fish or game. 2. a systematic hunt for criminals etc. drag out protract. drag queen sl. a male homosexual transvestite. drag up colloq. 1. deliberately mention (an unwelcome subject). 2. rear (a child) roughly and without proper training. Etymology: ME f. OE dragan or ON draga DRAW |
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