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

• These tugs, whether one or ten, move about in accord with whistle signals I send them from the bridge of the big liner.
  无论一艘还是10艘拖船，它们的行动都是听命于我在巨轮舰桥上的鸣笛信号。
• 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。
• I believe that if I am to attain a successful place in the world I must have the help of my fellow man just as the great transatlantic liners depend on the help of the little tugs to bring them safely to port.
  我相信，如果没有同伴们的帮助，我绝对不会有今天的成功，正如远洋航行的万吨巨轮要想安全入港停泊，还得依靠小小拖船的帮助一样。
• On the basis of simulative calculation, the quantitative data of large ship's motion ( including time and water area to be required) is given when it is liandled with tugs in the harbour.
  在模拟计算的基础上，给出了拖轮协助大型船舶在港内进行操纵运动情况（包括其所需时间和所需水域面积）的定量数据。
• Adventure tugs at the heartstrings of youth.
  冒险活动强烈扣动青年人的心弦。
• 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。
• 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 could set her at anchor and come back with two or three tugs.
  我们可以让她抛锚在这，然后回去叫两三艘拖船来。
• A fleet of small tugs fussed up and down continually.
  一队小拖轮来来往往忙个不停。
• Some tugs on rivers still have paddles.
  有一些河上的拖船现在还用明轮翼。