drag的基本意思是“拖,拉,拽”,指拖着笨重的东西缓慢艰难地行进,意味着有阻力,也可指使某物在地上拖拉,还可指拖着网、钩等沿河底、湖底等搜索〔打捞〕,用于比喻可表示“劝说某人勉为其难地来〔去〕某处”,引申可指乏味或恼人的事物“进行过久”。

drag away (v.+adv.)
将…拉走; 将…硬拖走remove sb/sth by pulling; cause sb to leave with difficulty
▲drag sb/sth⇔away
It will take two elephants to drag all this wood away.需要两头大象才能把所有的木材拖走。
Have you ever tried dragging a child away from a TV set?你曾试图把孩子从电视机前拖走吗?

drag behind (v.+adv.)
落在后面move more slowly than sb else
▲drag behind
She always drags behind.她总是落在后头。

drag down (v.+adv.)
拖下去; 把身体拖垮 pull sth downwards; make sb feel weak, especially after an illness
▲drag sb/sth⇔down
The box is too heavy to carry down the slope, we'll have to drag it down.这箱子太重,不能扛下坡去,我们只得把它拖下去。
It's the high fever that's been dragging him down.是这场高烧把他的身体拖垮的。

drag in (v.+adv.)
▲drag sb/sth⇔in
1.将…拖〔拉〕进去pull or force sb back
The children are so busy playing that they don't want their dinner, you'll have to drag them in.孩子们正忙于玩耍,连饭都不想吃了,你不得不把他们拖回家去。
2.牵强附会把…扯进去introduce with difficulty or unnecessarily
The issue is quite complicated enough, without dragging in the argument about the effects on wildlife.不要把对野生动物可能产生的影响硬扯到这个辩论中去,这个问题已经是很复杂了。

drag into (v.+prep.)
〈非正〉强拉…参加… pull or force sb into sth or doing sth
▲drag sb into sth/v-ing
Don't drag me into your plan.不要强迫我参加你们的计划。
He hates parties; we had to drag him into going.他不喜欢参加聚会,我们必须拉他去。

drag off (v.+adv.)
将…拖〔拉〕走 pull sb/sth away
▲drag sb/sth⇔off
I wanted to stay, but she dragged me off to help her shop.我本想留下来,可她硬是把我拉走帮她买东西。

drag on1 (v.+adv.)
1.将…拖上来 pull sb/sth onto an area
▲drag sth⇔on
The actors dragged on a boat with wheels.演员们把下面装有轮子的船拖上来。
2.〈非正〉拖时间,拖延last an unnecessarily long time
▲drag on
The hours dragged on.时间过得很慢。

drag on2 (v.+prep.)
深吸suck at sth deeply
▲drag on sth
He keeps dragging on his pipe.他一个劲儿地抽烟斗。

drag out (v.+adv.)
1.把…拖〔拉〕出pull sb/sth out
▲drag sth⇔out
It's so annoying having to drag out the sewing machine every time I want to make a dress.每次做衣服时我都得把缝纫机拉出来,真烦死人了。
2.(使)拖延(cause to) last unnecessarily
▲drag out
The meeting dragged out all the afternoon.会议整整拖延了一下午。

drag through (v.+prep.)
缓慢地通过 move slowly through sth
▲drag through sth
The sail was dragging through the water.帆船正在缓慢地穿过该水域。

drag up (v.+adv.)
▲drag sth⇔up
1.向上〔前〕拉pull sth upward or forward
Drag up a chair and join the conversation.把椅子拉过来,加入我们的谈话。
2.〈非正〉不必要地提起raise a subject unnecessarily
There was no need to drag up the time he spent in prison.没必要谈及他在狱中度过的日子。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
The heavy coach is dragging along.重载的马车吃力地行进着。
The meeting dragged.会议拖得很长。
The bottom of her long dress dragged in the dust.她长衣裳的下摆拖着尘土。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
They dragged the fallen tree clear of the road.他们把倒下的树从路上拖走。
They're dragging the river for the body of the missing girl.他们在河底打捞失踪女孩的尸体。

drag, draw, pull
参见draw条。
drag out, draw out
两者都可作“使…拖得很长”解。drag out侧重于时间的拉长; 而draw out侧重于把事物本身拉长; draw out还有“汲取,草拟”的意思。

He walked with a drag.他拖着脚走路。
He took last drags at his cigarettes and stood up.他抽完最后几口烟,站了起来。
He love his family, but they're a drag on his career.他热爱自己的家庭,但家庭却是他事业的累赘。

［同义词］ v. crawl, haul, pull, trail
［词源］＜中古英语draggen(拉,拖)