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

• I believe strongly that we, as Rotarians, must be motivated in our choice of service much more by what is practical and necessary than by what tugs at our emotions.
  我坚信我们身为扶轮社员在选择服务方式时，必须著眼于实际更甚于情绪上的感动。
• Mr Walker shifts between this aspirational narrative and the one that tugs him back.
  书中，沃克先生在两种场景里切换着：有抱负的叙述和过往生活的回忆。
• 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。
• With a couple of tugs he pulled in the net.
  他用力拉了几下，把网收起来。
• The ship needed two tugs to tow it into port.
  这艘船需用两艘拖船把它拖进港。
• 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。
• 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。
• A fleet of small tugs fussed up and down continually.
  一队小拖轮来来往往忙个不停。