Was heißt »schlei­fen« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Trickreicher Jäger, der er war, setzte Christoph Columbus einmal ein rotes Käppchen auf und ging in den Wald. Und wirklich lockte er so den großen bösen Wolf an, ergriff ihn und schleifte das kreischende Tier mit sich zu seinem Schiff.

A wily hunter, Christopher Columbus once donned a red riding hood and went into the forest. Without a doubt, he attracted the Big Bad Wolf, grabbed him, and dragged the screaming wolf back to his ship.

Die Schere ist stumpf geworden. Man muss sie schleifen.

The scissors are blunt. They need to be sharpened.

These scissors are blunt. They need sharpening.

Tom kommt nie vor zwei Uhr aus der Kneipe, und dann ist er meistens so besoffen, dass ihn seine Freunde ins Bett schleifen müssen.

Tom never leaves the pub before 2 a.m., and by then he's usually so drunk that his friends have to lug him up to bed.

Tom never leaves the pub before 2 a.m., and by then he's usually so drunk that his friends have to carry him to bed.

Aus einem Kieselstein kann man keinen Diamanten schleifen.

You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Das Tor schleifte über den Boden, als sie es aufschoben.

The gate dragged when they pushed it open.

Das Tor schleifte auf dem Boden, als es aufgestoßen wurde.

The gate dragged when it was pushed open.

Synonyme

ab­rei­ßen:

tear off

ab­schlei­fen:

grind

polish

refine

rub off

sharpen

whet

ab­tra­gen:

remove

ab­zie­hen:

withdraw

bim­sen:

cram

learn

dril­len:

drill

ex­er­zie­ren:

drill

practice

practise

for­men:

form

model

sculpt

sculpture

shape

schär­fen:

focus

sharpen

spice up

spren­gen:

blow up

wir­ken:

work

zie­hen:

draw

pull

tow

Antonyme

auf­bau­en:

build

scho­nen:

handle

spare

tra­gen:

carry

wear

yield

Englische Beispielsätze

• Sorry that I've reduced you to someone to drag my luggage around!

• Don't you drag me into this.

• I had to drag him out of bed.

• If the people cannot use elections to drag a dictator down from power, they'll have no choice but to obey him.

• Don't drag me into this.

• Some days seem to just drag on and last forever.

• Why did you drag us here?

• Crocodiles drag their prey into water.

• Tom, one-on-one with the goalkeeper, could only drag the ball agonisingly wide of the far post.

• Some days seem to drag on for ever.

• Just drag and drop the file on your desktop.

• A child is safer with a drag queen than with a priest.

• Don't let him drag you through the mud.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

be­we­gen:

move