/dræg; dræˇ/
n
1 [C] thing made to be dragged, eg a drag-net, or heavy harrow (pulled over the ground to break up the soil) 供拖、拉之物（如拖网或重耙　）.
2 [U] resistance of the air to the movement of an aircraft （飞行器的）空气阻力. Cf 参看 liftn 4.
3 [sing] (sl 俚) boring person or thing 累赘的或使人生厌的人或事物
*Walking's a drag let's take the car. 走路太费事--我们坐汽车吧.
4 [U] (sl 俚) woman's clothes worn by a man 男子穿的女子服装
*in drag （男子）穿着女服
* [attrib 作定语] a drag artiste 着女服的男艺人.
5 [C] (sl 俚) draw on a cigarette, etc 吸, 抽（香烟等）.
6 [sing] ~ on sb/sth (infml 口) person or thing that makes progress difficult 累赘的人或事物; 障碍
*She loves her family, but they're a drag on her career. 她热爱自己的家庭, 但家庭却是她事业的累赘.

/dræg; dræˇ/
v (-gg-)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] pull(sb/sth) along with effort and difficulty 拖, 拉, 扯, 拽（某人[某物]）
*The cat was dragging its broken leg. 那只猫拖着断腿吃力地走.
* We dragged the fallen tree clear of the road. 我们把倒下的树从路上拖走.
* drag oneself along, home 拖着疲乏的身子前行、回家. =>illus at pull 见pull之插图. =>Usage at pull2 pull2.
2 [Ipr, Ip] move slowly and with effort 缓慢而吃力地行进
*She always drags behind. 她总是在後面吃力地跟着.
3 [Tn.pr, Tn.p] (fig 比喻) persuade (sb) to come or go somewhere unwillingly 劝说（某人）勉为其难地来或去某处
*I could hardly drag the children away (from the party). 我好不容易才把孩子们（从聚会中）劝走.
* She dragged herself out of bed, still half asleep. 她挣扎着起了床, 犹自睡眼惺松.
4 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr] (cause sth to) trail on the ground （使某物）在地上拖拉
*Your coat's dragging in the mud. 你的大衣拖到泥上了.
* The ship dragged her anchor during the storm, ie The anchor did not stay in its place on the sea bottom. 船在暴风雨中拖动了锚链.
5 [I, Ip] ~ (on) (of sth boring or irritating) go on too long （指乏味或恼人的事物）进行过久
*The film dragged terribly. 电影演得拖拖拉拉.
* How much longer is this going to drag on? 这事还要拖多久?
6 [Tn] search (the bottom of a river, lake, etc) with nets, hooks, etc 拖着网、钩等（沿河底、湖底等）搜索, 寻觅, 打捞
*They dragged the canal for the missing child. 他们用拖网沿运河打捞失踪孩子的尸体.
7 (idm 习语) drag one's `feet/`heels be deliberately slow or ineffective 故意拖沓或怠工
*I want to sell the house, but my husband is dragging his feet, ie will not make a decision. 我想卖掉房子, 但我丈夫迟迟不作决定. drag sb/sb's name through the mire/mud bring disgrace to sb by behaving very badly 使某人蒙羞、丢丑.
8 (phr v) drag sb down make sb feel weak or depressed 使某人感到萎顿或沮丧
*Hot weather always drags me down. 天气一热我就浑身不适. drag sb down (to sth) (infml 口) bring sb to a lower social level, standard of behaviour, etc 使某人社会地位、行为标准等下降
*I'm afraid the children will all be dragged down to his level. 我看他的孩子也要跟他学坏了. drag sth in/into sth introduce (a subject which has nothing to do with what is being talked about) into the conversation 在谈话中扯进不相关的事
*Must you drag politics into everything? 你非得事事都把政治扯进来吗? drag sb into doing sth make sb take part in an activity against his will 硬拉某人参加某活动
*She had to be dragged into seeing the dentist. 要她去牙科医生那里看病非得生拉硬拽不可. drag sth out make sth longer than necessary 使某事物不必要地拖延
*Let's not drag out this discussion, we've got to reach a decision. 这场讨论别拖下去了, 我们得作个决定了. drag sth out (of sb) make sb reveal or give (information, etc) unwillingly 迫使某人透露或交代（情况等）
*drag a confession, fact, concession, etc out of sb 逼某人招供、说出事实、作出让步等. drag sb up (Brit) raise (a child) badly and without proper care 将（孩子）胡乱带大. drag sth up introduce unnecessarily into a conversation (a fact, story, etc that is considered unpleasant) 在谈话中扯进（不愉快的事情等）
*She dragged up that incident just to embarrass me. 她又扯起那件事故意想使我难堪.