tugs

英 [tʌɡz]

美 [tʌɡz]

v.  (常为几次用力)拉，拖，拽; (朝某一方向用力)拉
n.  拖船; (突然的)猛拉，猛拽; 一股强烈的感情
tug的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使劲拉;拽
  If youtugsomething ortug atit, you give it a quick and usually strong pull.
  1. A little boy came running up and tugged at his sleeve excitedly...
     一个小男孩跑上来，非常激动地拽着他的袖子。
  2. She kicked him, tugging his thick hair.
     她一边踢他，一边扯着他那浓密的头发。
  3. Tugis also a noun.
     
  4. Bobby gave her hair a tug…
     博比使劲拽了她头发一下。
  5. I felt a tug at my sleeve.
     我感到袖子被拽了一下。
• 拖船;拖轮
  Atugor atug boatis a small powerful boat which pulls large ships, usually when they come into a port.

双语例句

• A person whose soul is so pure as to be free from any pollution actually represents a profundity that tugs at people's heartstrings.
  一个人，有至纯的灵魂，原本就是一种撼人心魄的深刻。
• We cannot, will not, dare not know how strongly we are influenced by the deep tugs of the past: by identifications with our parents and the defense mechanisms we learned in childhood.
  我们不能，不将，也不敢去了解我们受到过去的影响有多大：被视为和父母相同，或者那些儿童时代学到的防卫措施等。
• Around noon, something suddenly tugs at the line.
  中午时分，突然有东西拉住了钓线。
• As I near the North Tower, the wind tugs at my role.
  当我接近北塔的时候，风牵动着我的平衡杆。
• The tugs took up the strain and the ocean liner edged away from the quayside.
  拖船开始拉紧了，远洋客轮徐徐离开了码头。
• For the swimming portion, van Beek tugs his daughter through the water in a kayak and then pulls her behind him in a cart as he cycles.
  在游泳部分，范·比克将女儿放在一个皮划艇中，边游边拖着皮划艇前进。在骑自行车时，比克的女儿被放在一个二轮手推车里，接在自行车后。
• The raucous sirens of the tugs came in from the river.
  河上传来拖轮发出的沙哑的汽笛声。
• I believe strongly that we, as Rotarians, must be motivated in our choice of service much more by what is practical and necessary than by what tugs at our emotions.
  我坚信我们身为扶轮社员在选择服务方式时，必须著眼于实际更甚于情绪上的感动。
• Cast off all lines, left berth assisted by two tugs fore and aft, commenced to heave away port anchor.
  解掉全部缆绳，两条拖轮在前后协助离泊。开始绞左锚。
• Where gravity pulls things together at the more local level, dark energy tugs them apart on the grander scale.
  那里的重力抽调更多的东西一起在地方一级、深能源拖船他们除了规模宏大的。