be a drag on sb/sth
表示阻碍或拖累某人或某物。
His laziness is a drag on the team.
他的懒惰是团队的拖累。
阻力；阻碍力；障碍；拖累；变装表演；变装艺术；打捞器；拖网；（训练猎犬的）臭迹；气味踪迹
Something or someone that is tedious and boring.
Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
一种与LGBTQ+群体相关的表演艺术形式,以风格化夸张地演绎女性或男性气质,常常玩弄性别刻板印象。
A performance art form associated with the LGBTQ+ community, that features a stylized and exaggerated portrayal of femininity or, at times, masculinity, often playing with gender stereotypes.
流体中运动的阻力现象
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
减缓或延迟进展的事物
something that slows or delays progress
A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
乏味无聊的事物
something tedious and boring
A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
用于精加工软石料的钢制工具。
A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
帆船航行时螺旋桨速度与船速之差,或明轮不同叶片推进效果之差。
The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
拖在水中的任何物件,用以减缓船速或保持船首迎风；尤指带箍口的帆布袋(拖曳帆)。
Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
被拖曳的负载。
A pulled load.
用于减缓车轮转动的制动块或制动靴。
A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
缓慢而艰难的运动,仿佛受阻一般。
Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
巫术屋音乐。
Witch house music.
徒步队伍中最后的位置。
The last position in a line of hikers.
击打母球中心稍下位置,使其跟随目标球前进一小段距离的推杆。
A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
引导木材进入锯子的装置。
A device for guiding wood to the saw.
Engineers try to reduce drag on cars to improve fuel efficiency.
工程师们试图减少汽车受到的阻力以提高燃油效率。
用法提示：drag 作名词，意为“阻力”，指空气对运动物体的阻碍。
AI contextual example
The parachute increases drag to slow down the descent.
降落伞增加阻力以减缓下降速度。
用法提示：drag 作名词，表示“阻力”，此处指空气对降落伞的阻碍作用。
AI contextual example
In swimming, drag from the water slows you down.
游泳时，水的阻力会让你速度变慢。
用法提示：drag 作名词，意为“阻力”，指水对泳者的阻碍。
AI contextual example
表示阻碍或拖累某人或某物。
His laziness is a drag on the team.
他的懒惰是团队的拖累。
表示空气或流体的阻力。
Engineers study the drag of air on moving vehicles.
工程师研究空气对运动车辆的阻力。
与 drag 最接近，但 drag 更口语化；bore 可指人或事物本身无聊。
多指必须做的繁琐任务，强调“不得不做”；drag 可指任何无聊体验，不一定是任务。
侧重因不便或阻力而令人烦恼，不一定无聊；口语常用。
语气较正式，强调惹人讨厌、妨碍他人，缺乏 drag 的“索然无味”色彩。
口语中常指让人恼火的人或麻烦事，负面情绪强于 drag，且不一定指无聊。
grammar · medium
易错句子He drag the heavy box up the stairs yesterday.
正确表达He dragged the heavy box up the stairs yesterday.
中文学习者常将规则动词'drag'的过去式误用作原形，受母语影响忽略时态变化。正确形式为'dragged'。
grammar · medium
易错句子Going to the dentist is drag.
正确表达Going to the dentist is a drag.
作名词表示'令人讨厌的事'时，'drag'为可数名词，需加不定冠词'a'。中文直译'拖累'常忽略冠词。
取drag“乏味/无聊的人或事”义项；delight指给人带来愉悦或满足的人或事，与其相对。
取drag“乏味/无聊的人或事”义项；pleasure指让人感到愉快或满足的事物，语义相反。
取drag“乏味/无聊的人或事”义项；口语中a real drag与a lot of fun形成对照。
取drag“乏味/无聊的人或事”义项；thrill强调令人激动兴奋，与乏味相对，但情感强度更高。
取drag“乏味/无聊的人或事”义项；口语中a drag与a treat对照使用，指完全相反的评价。
draw通常指平稳、轻柔的拉动，而drag强调费力、缓慢的拖拽；另draw还有绘画义。
draft与drag发音相近，但词义完全不同；draft指通风或初稿，drag指阻力或拖曳。
变装皇后
The drag queen performed an amazing lip-sync.
那位变装皇后表演了令人惊叹的对口型。
变装秀
We went to a drag show last weekend.
我们上周末去看了一场变装秀。
气动阻力
Reducing aerodynamic drag improves fuel efficiency.
减少气动阻力能提高燃油效率。
阻力系数
This car has a very low drag coefficient.
这辆车的阻力系数很低。
对增长的拖累
High taxes are a drag on economic growth.
高税收是经济增长的拖累。
令人厌烦的事
Waiting in line is a real drag.
排队等候真烦人。
变装表演常使用夸张的假发。
浓妆是变装表演的重要元素。
变装表演者注重华丽的服装。
变装表演通常在舞台上呈现。
对口型是变装表演的常见形式。
对……的拖累；影响……进展的事物
High taxes are a drag on economic growth.
高税收是经济增长的拖累。
令人厌烦的人或事；无聊的体验
This meeting is such a drag.
这个会议真是太无聊了。
穿着异性服装的；变装打扮的
He performed in drag at the local club.
他在当地俱乐部进行了变装表演。
（滚石乐队《Mother's Little Helper》歌词）变老真是件讨厌的事。
Waiting for the bus in the rain is such a drag.
冒雨等公交车真是件烦人的事。
（RuPaul名言）我们生来赤裸，其余的都是变装。
Drag has become a powerful form of artistic expression.
变装已成为一种强有力的艺术表达形式。
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