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tug

/tuhg/US // tʌg //UK // (tʌɡ) //

拔河,拖船,强拉硬拽,强拉

Related Words

draw绘制,画画,画,抽奖jerk混蛋,抽搐,抽搐的人,混混tow牵引,牵引物,牵引力,牵引车traction牵引力,牵引,牵引性,牵引力方面strain应变,应力,应变能力,应变性drag拖动,拖累,拖拽,拖曳haul牵引,牵引力,搬运,牵引物wrench扳手lug大块头,大块的,大腿,大耳窿toil劳累,劳作,劳动,劳苦heave波浪,波涛汹涌,波涛,波浪形yank扬州,扬长避短,扬子,扬长而去

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tugged, tug·ging.

    • : to pull at with force, vigor, or effort.
    • : to move by pulling forcibly; drag; haul.
    • : to tow by means of a tugboat.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tugged, tug·ging.

    • : to pull with force or effort: to tug at a stuck drawer.
    • : to strive hard; labor; toil.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
    • : a strenuous contest between opposing forces, groups, or persons; struggle: the tug of young minds in a seminar.
    • : tugboat.
    • : that by which something is tugged, as a rope or chain.
    • : trace. any of various supporting or pulling parts.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounquick pull
Forms: tugged, tugging
Synonyms
drag拖动,拖累,拖拽,拖曳draw绘制,画画,画,抽奖haul牵引,牵引力,搬运,牵引物heave波浪,波涛汹涌,波涛,波浪形jerk混蛋,抽搐,抽搐的人,混混lug大块头,大块的,大腿,大耳窿strain应变,应力,应变能力,应变性toil劳累,劳作,劳动,劳苦tow牵引,牵引物,牵引力,牵引车traction牵引力,牵引,牵引性,牵引力方面wrench扳手yank扬州,扬长避短,扬子,扬长而去

Examples

  • The backward tug of this material’s gravity then causes the cluster to plunge closer and closer to the galactic center.

  • For designers, though, possibly the most intriguing aspect of the Tik Tok tug-of-war is the report, first floated in the New York Times, that the leading candidate for CEO of the restructured entity is Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom.

  • Foundational theories of morality have been locked in a perennial tug of war between the supernaturalism of Plato and the naturalism of his opponents.

  • Foundational theories of morality have been locked in a perennial tug of war.

  • Each star tends to keep the disk aligned with itself, and the tug-of-war warped and sheared the disk, and twisted the inner ring even further.

  • These men and women will no doubt cause a tug a war in time.

  • The White House has been mediating the tug of war between the CIA and the committee over the redaction process.

  • But since then it has been subject to a tug of war with the CIA.

  • After this Euro-Russian tug of war, the sparks ignited in Kiev and Moscow.

  • Throughout the day, you would overhear chit-chat about the ongoing tug-of-war between libertarians and social conservatives.

  • He was given no reply save a muttered curse, a command to hold his tongue, and an angry tug at his tied arms.

  • In fact, the true tug only begins when we try to carry the second line and the flanking machine guns.

  • On this occasion, however, the tug appeared somewhat late on the scene, and hailed the Gull.

  • The drama, as far as the Gull-Light was concerned, ended that night with the disappearance of the tug and lifeboat.

  • Tug service for sailing ships or vessels without motive power is at the rate of $15 per hour.

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