Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #2538
drag
令人厌烦的人或事；乏味的东西
Something or someone that is tedious and boring.
- 1.
Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- 2.
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.
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。
- 3.
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
流体中运动的阻力现象
- 4.
Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- 5.
something that slows or delays progress
减缓或延迟进展的事物
- 6.
A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- 7.
something tedious and boring
乏味无聊的事物
- 8.
A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- 9.
The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- 10.
A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- 11.
A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- 12.
A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
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The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
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A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
用于精加工软石料的钢制工具。
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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.
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。
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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.
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)。
- 17.
A pulled load.
被拖曳的负载。
- 18.
A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
用于减缓车轮转动的制动块或制动靴。
- 19.
Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
缓慢而艰难的运动,仿佛受阻一般。
- 20.
Witch house music.
巫术屋音乐。
- 21.
The last position in a line of hikers.
徒步队伍中最后的位置。
- 22.
A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
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。
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A device for guiding wood to the saw.
引导木材进入锯子的装置。
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
In use
Engineers try to reduce drag on cars to improve fuel efficiency.
The parachute increases drag to slow down the descent.
In swimming, drag from the water slows you down.
taxation is a drag on the economy
too many laws are a drag on the use of new land
peeling potatoes is a drag
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。
the drag of sth
表示空气或流体的阻力。
Connections
Collocations
- drag queen
- 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。
- drag show
- 变装秀
- We went to a drag show last weekend.我们上周末去看了一场变装秀。
- aerodynamic drag
- 气动阻力
- Reducing aerodynamic drag improves fuel efficiency.减少气动阻力能提高燃油效率。
- drag coefficient
- 阻力系数
- This car has a very low drag coefficient.这辆车的阻力系数很低。
- a drag on growth
- 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。
- a real drag
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：长裙拖地走，阻力大、拖时间、让人烦；drag既是阻力，也指拖累和无聊事，LGBTQ+变装表演也叫drag。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：口语对话、非正式写作 作为名词表示“令人厌烦或拖累的人/事物”时，多用于非正式口语，常见于日常对话或随意场合，比较常见于抱怨或表达不满的语境。正式写作中较少使用。
Grammar Note
作'拖累'解时为可数名词，常与a连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /æɡ/ 音结尾，与 drag /dræɡ/ 押韵。注意拼写相近的 drug /drʌɡ/ 和 dragon /ˈdræɡən/ 读音不同，不要混淆。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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