tugs是什么意思？

tugs

• n. 猛拉( tug的名词复数 )，猛拖，拖船；
• v. 用力拉，使劲拉，猛扯( tug的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• Tugs were sent to the damaged oil tankers. 拖船被派去拉损坏了的油船.
• As I near the North Tower, the wind tugs at my role. 当我接近北塔的时候, 风牵动着我的平衡杆.
• 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.
• Some tugs on rivers still have paddles. 有一些河上的拖船现在还用明轮翼.
• Busy boasts chug and scurry about the river - racy speed boat, stolid, snorting tugs. 繁忙的船只在河上鸣叫着来来往往 - --高速快艇和笨头笨脑喘着气的拖驳.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使劲拉;拽
  If you tug something or tug at it, you give it a quick and usually strong pull.
  例句
  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。 She kicked him, tugging his thick hair. 她一边踢他，一边扯着他那浓密的头发。
• N-COUNT
  拖船;拖轮
  A tug or a tug boat is a small powerful boat which pulls large ships, usually when they come into a port.