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

• 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。
• The ship needed two tugs to tow it into port.
  这艘船需用两艘拖船把它拖进港。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Radial velocity is a planet-hunting technique that looks for wobbles in a star's light, which can indicate the gravitational tugs of orbiting worlds.
  径向速度是一种通过观测恒星光的摆动搜寻行星的技术。这种摆动表明其对环绕行星的重力吸引。