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

• 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。
• Modern high speed electronic injection diesel engine has many advantages when used onboard tugs and workboats for propulsion.
  现代高速电子喷油柴油机在拖轮和工作船推进主机的应用中，体现出很多优点。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some tugs on rivers still have paddles.
  有一些河上的拖船现在还用明轮翼。
• We sent it away several times but it always returned, it really tugs at one's emotions.
  我们送出去好几次它又都跑回来了，真招人疼。
• 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。
• With a couple of tugs he pulled in the net.
  他用力拉了几下，把网收起来。
• Adventure tugs at the heartstrings of youth.
  冒险活动强烈扣动青年人的心弦。