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

• 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。
• Sometimes this requires two tugs, sometimes many more, depending on the tide, the weather, and the draft of the vessel.
  这项工作有时需要两艘拖船，或者更多，这要根据潮水、天气以及船只的吃水度而定。
• These tugs, whether one or ten, move about in accord with whistle signals I send them from the bridge of the big liner.
  无论一艘还是10艘拖船，它们的行动都是听命于我在巨轮舰桥上的鸣笛信号。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tugs were sent to the damaged oil tankers.
  拖船被派去拉损坏了的油船。
• How many tugs assist pilotage?
  几艘拖船协助引航？
• 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。
• 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。
• Some tugs on rivers still have paddles.
  有一些河上的拖船现在还用明轮翼。