[영어 단어] drag

 

drag

[듀뤠-g]
(힘들여) 끌다, 끌고 가다
(몸을 끌듯) 힘들게 움직이다
(원치 않는 곳에) 가게/오게 하다
느릿느릿 지나가다/행진되다, 질질 끌다/끌리다
지겨운/짜증나는 사람, ~에 대한 장애물/방해물
(담배 연기 등을) 빨아들이다

pull / drag / draw / haul / tow / tug
If you drag something, you pull it along the ground, often with difficulty.
To drag a computer image means to use the mouse to move the position of the image on the screen, or to change its size or shape.
If someone drags you somewhere, they pull you there or force you to go there by physically threatening you.
If someone drags you somewhere you do not want to go, they make you go there.
If you say that you drag yourself somewhere, you are emphasizing that you have to make a very great effort to go there.
If you drag your foot or your leg behind you, you walk with great difficulty because you foot or leg is injured in some way.
If the police drag a river or lake, they pull nets or hooks across the bottom of it in order to look for something.
If a period of time or an event drags, it is very boring and seems to last a long time.
If something is a drag on the development or progress of something, it slows it down or makes it more difficult.
If you say that something is a drag, you mean that it is unpleasant or very dull.
If you take a drag on a cigarette or pipe that you are smoking, you take in air through it.
Drag is the wearing of women's clothes by a male entertainer.
Finally, Jack dragged himself out of the ocean.

 

 

 

drag by

(시간이) 느릿느릿 지나가다

 

 

 

 

drag on

(너무 오랫동안) 질질 끌다, 계속되다

to progress very slowly and take too long
Dan: I usually don't like these meetings because they drag on.
That movie just dragged on. I didn't like it so I left and went home.

 

 

 

drag one's feet

늑장을 부리다. 꾸물거리다, 마지못해 하다
피곤해 느릿느릿 걷다
일을 더디게 하다 꾸물거리다

to do something slowly or not start it because you do not want to do it
Korea ranks near the bottom in the world for birthrate. There are many reasons. First of all, people are dragging their feet before getting hitched. They want to focus on their careers. They need time to save up for wedding costs.
Why do you drag your feet every morning?
It won't help to drag your feet.
I was so tired I was dragging my feet when I got home.
Grace: Why are you dragging your feet?
The school year in Korea begins in March. Some students going back to school drag their feet. Others go with bells on. A new year commences for all of them.
Dragging your feet won't finish the work.
He delayed us by dragging his feet.
It seemed like a dodgy situation because they were dragging our feet for many weeks, But you prepared well and successfully convinced them to accept our proposal.
You need to stop dragging your feet and get started on this right away.
She always drags her feet on projects that involve a lot of paperwork.

 

 

 

drag somebody down

~를 맥빠지게 만들다

to bring somebody down to a lower standard of behavior, or a lower social or economic level
to make somebody feel depressed or weak

 

 

 

drag something out

(필요 이상으로) ~를 오래 끌다

to make something last longer than it should

 

 

 

drag something up

(남이 원치 않는 이야기를) 꺼내다

to mention in a conversation an unpleasant fact from the past that somebody would prefer to forget

 

 

 

drag tail

느릿느릿 움직이다