| 单词 | tug |
| 释义 | tug (tʌg ) Word forms: tugs , tugging , tugged 1. verb If you tug something or tug at it, you give it a quick and usually strong pull. A little boy came running up and tugged at his sleeve excitedly. [VERB + at] She kicked him, tugging his thick hair. [VERB noun] Synonyms: pull, drag, pluck, jerk Tug is also a noun. Bobby gave her hair a tug. I felt a tug at my sleeve. [+ at] 2. countable noun A tug or a tug boat is a small powerful boat which pulls large ships, usually when they come into a port. Synonyms: pull, jerk, yank, wrench Idioms: tug at the heartstrings to cause someone to feel a great deal of pity or sadness for someone or something Miss Cookson knows exactly how to tug at readers' heartstrings. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers tug your forelock or touch your forelock to show too much respect to another person and make yourself seem very humble and inferior A lot of people seem to think we're supposed to go round touching our forelock and scraping our heads against the floor. We're not. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: tug boat You can take a turn around a tug boat 60 feet down, stand at the wheel or peer into a porthole. Times, Sunday Times It's not mobile (there's no engine and you would need a tug boat to move it). Times, Sunday Times They began with a tug boat. Times, Sunday Times A tug boat was arranged and the vessel, carrying broken glass, was refloated 12 hours later. The Sun Video released yesterday showed a tug boat being hit by a larger vessel. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 猛拉 Japanese: ぐいと引っ張る |
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