drag
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they drag | |
| he / she / it drags | |
| past simple dragged | |
| past participle dragged | |
| -ing form dragging |
- [transitive]
to pull somebody/something along with effort and difficulty （使劲而吃力地）拖，拉，拽，扯 - drag somebody/something
The sack is too heavy to lift—you’ll have to drag it. 这麻袋太重了，提不起来。你得拖着走。 - drag somebody/something + adv./prep.
I dragged the chair over to the window. 我把椅子拖到了窗口那边。 They dragged her from her bed. 他们把她从床上拽了起来。 He quickly dragged a comb through his hair. 他迅速用梳子梳了梳头发。 - drag somebody/something + adj.
She managed to drag him clear of the wreckage. 她设法把他从残骸中拖了出来。
Synonyms pullpull- drag
- draw
- haul
- tow
- tug
- pull to hold something and move it in a particular direction; to hold or be attached to a vehicle and move it along behind you:
Pull the chair nearer the table. 把椅子再往桌子这边拉近些。 They use oxen to pull their carts. 他们用牛拉车。
- drag to pull somebody/something in a particular direction or behind you, usually along the ground, and especially with effort:
The sack is too heavy to lift—you’ll have to drag it. 这麻袋太重了，提不起来。你得拖着走。
- draw (formal
) to move somebody/something by pulling them/it gently; to pull a vehicle such as a carriage: 指拖动、拉动、牵引、拖车： I drew my chair closer to the fire. 我把椅子向火旁拉近了点。 a horse-drawn carriage 四轮马车
- haul to pull somebody/something to a particular place with a lot of effort:
Fishermen were hauling in their nets. 渔民在拉网。
drag or haul? 用 drag 还是 haul？ - tow to pull a car, boat or light plane behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain:
Our car was towed away by the police. 我们的汽车被警察拖走了。
- tug to pull somebody/something hard in a particular direction:
She tried to escape but he tugged her back. 她试图逃跑，但他把她拽了回来。
- to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow/tug somebody/something along/down/towards something
- to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow somebody/something behind you
- to pull/drag/draw/haul a cart/sledge
- to pull/draw a coach/carriage
- to pull/haul/tow a truck
- horses pull/draw/haul something
- dogs pull/drag/haul something
Extra ExamplesPolice dragged protesters away from the embassy entrance. 警察把抗议者从大使馆入口拖走。 Dogs drag the sledges for hundreds of miles across the snow. 狗拖着雪橇在雪地里走好几百英里。
- drag somebody/something
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to take hold of something and pull it （使劲而吃力地）拖，拉，拽，扯 Desperately, Jinny dragged at his arm. 吉尼拼命地抓着他的胳膊。
- [transitive, intransitive]
to move yourself slowly and with effort 缓慢而费力地移动（或行进） - drag yourself + adv./prep.
I managed to drag myself out of bed. 我总算硬撑着从床上爬了起来。 - + adv./prep.
She always drags behind when we walk anywhere. 我们每去什么地方她都慢慢腾腾吃力地跟在后面。
Extra ExamplesHe dragged himself back home. 他拖着自己回家。 She dragged herself up the stairs by the banister. 她沿着楼梯扶手慢慢爬上楼梯。
- drag yourself + adv./prep.
- [transitive] drag somebody/yourself + adv./prep.
to persuade somebody to come or go somewhere they do not really want to come or go to 生拉硬拽；劝人勉强来（或去） I'm sorry to drag you all this way in the heat. 对不起，这么热的天硬拉着你跑了那么远。 The party was so good I couldn't drag myself away. 这聚会太好玩了，我舍不得离开。 He came in, dragging his three children behind him. 他拖着三个孩子进来了。
Extra ExamplesMy parents used to drag me to piano lessons when I was a kid. 小时候父母经常拉我去上钢琴课。 It's time you dragged yourself away from that computer! 到时间了，你该离开那电脑了！ I know you like hanging out in the mall, but I don't know why you have to drag me with you. 我知道你喜欢逛商场，但我不知道你为什么要拖着我。 She dragged her eyes away from his. 她把目光从他身上移开。
- [intransitive]
(of time or an event 时间或活动 to pass very slowly 过得很慢；拖沓地进行 - [intransitive, transitive]
to move, or make something move, partly touching the ground （使）在地上拖着移动 - [transitive] drag something (for somebody/something)
to search the bottom of a river, lake, etc. with nets or hooks 用网（或钩）搜索（河或湖底） - [transitive] drag something + adv./prep.
to move some text, an icon, etc. across the screen of a computer using the mouse （用鼠标）拖动 Click on the file and drag it across. 点击文件并将它拖过来。
More Like This Consonant-doubling verbsConsonant-doubling verbs
pull拉
move slowly缓慢移动
persuade somebody to go劝人走
of time时间
touch ground触到地上
search river在河中搜索
computing计算机技术
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old English dragan or Old Norse draga ‘to draw’; the noun partly from Middle Low German dragge ‘grapnel, a grappling hook’.
Idioms
drag your feet/heels
to be deliberately slow in doing something or in making a decision 故意拖拉；故意延迟（作出决定）
drag somebody through the 'mud'dirt | drag somebody's name through the 'mud/'dirt
- (informal)
to criticize or say bad things about somebody in public, in a way that is unfair 拖曳： 以不公平的方式批评或在公众场合对某人说坏话The paper has dragged his name through the mud. 报纸把他的名字拖进了泥沼。 They feel their agency has been dragged through the mud by the press. 他们觉得他们的机构被新闻界拖进了泥沼。 Football's good name is being dragged through the dirt. 足球的好名声正在被玷污。
(drag somebody) kicking and screaming
- (informal)
if you drag somebody kicking and screaming to do something, they only do it with great protests because they don't really want to do it at all 拖曳： 如果您拖拽有人踢着脚喊叫做某事，他们只会在强烈抗议时这样做，因为他们根本不愿意这样做The president had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the signing ceremony. 总统不得不被拖着又踢又叫地去参加签字仪式。
pull/drag yourself up by your (own) bootstraps
- (informal)
to improve your situation yourself, without help from other people 自力更生