Tug

[tʌg] or [tʌɡ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a sudden abrupt pull.

(verb.) struggle in opposition; 'She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts'.

(verb.) pull hard; 'The prisoner tugged at the chains'; 'This movie tugs at the heart strings'.

(verb.) pull or strain hard at; 'Each oar was tugged by several men'.

(verb.) move by pulling hard; 'The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud'.

(verb.) tow (a vessel) with a tug; 'The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor'.

(verb.) strive and make an effort to reach a goal; 'She tugged for years to make a decent living'; 'We have to push a little to make the deadline!'; 'She is driving away at her doctoral thesis'.

錄入:普勒斯顿--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

(v. t.) To pull; to pluck.

(v. i.) To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.

(v. i.) To labor; to strive; to struggle.

(n.) A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.

(n.) A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

(n.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.

(n.) A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.

(n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.

吉尔达整理

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Pull (with great effort), draw, haul, drag.

v. n. [1]. Pull hard.[2]. Labor, struggle, strive.

n. Hard pull, great effort.

布莱恩錄入

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Pull, drag, haul, draw,[See PEEVISH]

整理:威廉

解釋/意思:

v.t. to pull with effort: to drag along.—v.i. to pull with great effort: to struggle:—pr.p. tug′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. tugged.—n. a strong pull: a steam-vessel for towing ships: a strong rope.—ns. Tug′-boat a strongly-built steamship for towing vessels; Tug′ger one who tugs.—adv. Tug′gingly.—n. Tug′-of-war a laborious contest: a contest in which opposing teams tug at the end of a rope in their efforts to pull one another over a line marked on the ground between them.

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