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 fleet of small tugs fussed up and down continually.
  一队小拖轮来来往往忙个不停。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ship needed two tugs to tow it into port.
  这艘船需用两艘拖船把它拖进港。
• With a couple of tugs he pulled in the net.
  他用力拉了几下，把网收起来。
• The tugs left the steamer as soon as they were free of the harbor.
  一离开港口，拖船就离开轮船。
• The act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes.
  通过不断的拖和拉使物体移动的行为。
• How many tugs assist pilotage?
  几艘拖船协助引航？
• 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。