pull hard or violently; haul; pull
"The prisoner tugged at the chains"
"This movie tugs at the heart strings"
"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"
"The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"
"You'll have to lug this suitcase"
"The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"
"Each oar was tugged by several men"
"She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"
She pulled her hands free, this time a decisive tug.
出自: I. McEwan
Initially circular orbits are perturbed into ellipses by gravitational tugs from passing..moons.
出自:Scientific American
One of the boys tugged at my coat.
出自: J. L. Waten
I have to tug on the reins.
出自: R. Macaulay
London, the old place tugged at his heart strings.
出自: fig.
他们吃力地把一块块沉甸甸的石头搬到田地的另一边去。
那个孩子拉了拉他母亲的手。
The oarsman tugged at the oar.
桨手用力划桨。
冒险活动强烈扣动青年人的心弦。
他把电线从墙中拽出来。
那孩子拉着她的玩具车绕花园走着。