a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
Verb:
pull hard;
\\\"The prisoner tugged at the chains\\\"
\\\"This movie tugs at the heart strings\\\"
strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
\\\"She tugged for years to make a decent living\\\"
\\\"We have to push a little to make the deadline!\\\"
\\\"She is driving away at her doctoral thesis\\\"
tow (a vessel) with a tug;
\\\"The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor\\\"
carry with difficulty;
\\\"You\\\'ll have to lug this suitcase\\\"
move by pulling hard;
\\\"The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud\\\"
pull or strain hard at;
\\\"Each oar was tugged by several men\\\"
struggle in opposition;
\\\"She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts\\\"
造句
用作名詞(n.)
Tom felt a tug at his sleeve. 湯姆覺得有人拉了拉他的衣袖。
Tom gave his sister\\\'s hair a hard tug. 湯姆使勁地扯了一下他姐姐的頭發(fā)。
We had a great tug to persuade him. 我們費了很大的精力去勸服他。
The tug will lead the liner into the harbor. 拖船將把那艘客輪引入港口。
The tug eased into the narrow docking space. 拖船小心地駛入狹窄的碼頭停泊處。
用作動詞(v.)
She tried to tug my hand away. 她試圖把我的手拉開。
We tugged so hard that the rope broke. 我們使勁地拉以至把繩子拉斷了。
常用短語
用作動詞(v.)
tug across (v.+prep.)
搬〔拉〕過 pull sth across sth tug sth across sth
They tugged the heavy stones across the field.
他們吃力地把一塊塊沉甸甸的石頭搬到田地的另一邊去。
tug at (v.+prep.)
用力拉 pull hard at sth tug at sth
The child tugged at his mother\\\'s hand.
那個孩子拉了拉他母親的手。
The oarsman tugged at the oar.
槳手用力劃槳。
tug at heartstrings (v.+prep.+n.)
撥動某人的心弦,使人深受感動 move sb\\\'s feelings deeply tug at one\\\'s heartstrings
Adventure tugs at the heartstrings of youth.
冒險活動強烈扣動青年人的心弦。
tug out of (v.+adv.+prep.)
從…拉出 draw out from sth tug sth out of sth
He tugged the wires out of the wall.
他把電線從墻中拽出來。
tug round (v.+prep.)
繞著…拉 pull (sth) around sth tug sth round sth
The child was tugging her toy cart round the garden.