tug

B2 CET-6 大学 FREQ #11961 ★★☆☆☆

n. 用力拉, 拖曳, 苦干, 挣扎, 绳索 v. 用力拉

发音

AU /tʌɡ/

词形变化

tugs 复数 tugged tugging tugs 三单 tugs tugging 现在分词 tugged 过去式 tugged 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

用力拉；较量；用拖船拖

动词

用力拉；竞争；努力做

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A sudden powerful pull.

  2. 2.

    A type of tractor used for moving trailers.

  3. 3.

    A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.

  4. 4.

    A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it.

  5. 5.

    A tugboat.

    航海 交通
  6. 6.

    A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

    废旧
  7. 7.

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

    商务 采矿
  8. 8.

    An act of male masturbation.

    俚语

    He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.

  9. 1.

    A foundationer or colleger at Eton.

    英国 俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To pull or drag with great effort.

    及物

    The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.

  2. 2.

    To pull hard repeatedly.

    及物

    He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.

  3. 3.

    To tow by tugboat.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To masturbate.

    及物/不及物 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

jerk tower tugboat towboat

上位词 3

pull boat pulling

部分词 1

helm
动词

同义词 6

drive push labor labour lug tote

上位词 10

move fight pull carry draw struggle transport attract tow contend

下位词 3

reach strain strive

近义相关 2

push bear on

相关短语

tug of war n. 拔河，两派间的激烈竞争 tug of love tug boat tug one's forelock tug boats tug of wars tug at someone's heartstrings tug at someone's heart strings rub and tug Tom Tug

词源

From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to draw, tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with Middle Low German togen (“to draw”), Middle High German zogen (“to pull, tear off”), Icelandic toga (“to pull, draw”). Related to tow.

来源：wiktionary