haul
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they haul | |
| he / she / it hauls | |
| past simple hauled | |
| past participle hauled | |
| -ing form hauling |
to pull something/somebody with a lot of effort （用力）拖，拉，拽 - haul something/somebody
The wagons were hauled by horses. 那些貨車是馬拉的。 - haul something/somebody + adv./prep.
He reached down and hauled Liz up onto the wall. 他俯身把利茲拉上牆頭。 The car was hauled out of the river. 汽車被拖出了河。 fishermen hauling in their nets 拉網的漁民
Synonyms pullpull- drag
- draw
- haul
- tow
- tug
- pull to hold something and move it in a particular direction; to hold or be attached to a vehicle and move it along behind you:
Pull the chair nearer the table. 把椅子再往桌子這邊拉近些。 They use oxen to pull their carts. 他們用牛拉車。
- drag to pull somebody/something in a particular direction or behind you, usually along the ground, and especially with effort:
The sack is too heavy to lift—you’ll have to drag it. 這麻袋太重了，提不起來。你得拖着走。
- draw (formal
) to move somebody/something by pulling them/it gently; to pull a vehicle such as a carriage: 指拖動、拉動、牽引、拖車： I drew my chair closer to the fire. 我把椅子向火旁拉近了點。 a horse-drawn carriage 四輪馬車
- haul to pull somebody/something to a particular place with a lot of effort:
Fishermen were hauling in their nets. 漁民在拉網。
drag or haul? 用 drag 還是 haul？ - tow to pull a car, boat or light plane behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain:
Our car was towed away by the police. 我們的汽車被警察拖走了。
- tug to pull somebody/something hard in a particular direction:
She tried to escape but he tugged her back. 她試圖逃跑，但他把她拽了回來。
- to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow/tug somebody/something along/down/towards something
- to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow somebody/something behind you
- to pull/drag/draw/haul a cart/sledge
- to pull/draw a coach/carriage
- to pull/haul/tow a truck
- horses pull/draw/haul something
- dogs pull/drag/haul something
Extra ExamplesThe trucks were hauled by steam locomotives. 這些敞篷車廂由蒸汽機車拖行。 They had to use ropes to haul him out of the water. 他們不得不用繩子把他從水裏拉出來。
- haul something/somebody
- haul yourself up/out of, etc.
to move yourself somewhere slowly and with a lot of effort 用力緩慢挪動到（某處） Extra ExamplesHe managed to haul himself over the wall. 他設法翻過了牆。 Laura hauled herself up from the sofa. 勞拉費勁地從沙發上站起來。 She hauled herself into a sitting position. 她艱難地坐了下來。 The creature began to haul itself out of the water. 那動物開始緩緩從水中掙脫出來。
- haul somebody + adv./prep.
to force somebody to go somewhere they do not want to go 強迫（某人）去某處 A number of suspects have been hauled in for questioning. 一批嫌疑犯被拘捕接受訊問。 He was hauled off to jail. 他被抓進了監獄。
Extra ExamplesShe hauled him back onto the dance floor. 她把他拉回了舞池。 I couldn't haul him away from the fight. 我無法把他從戰鬥中拉出來。
- [usually passive]
to make somebody appear in court in order to be judged 使某人出庭受審；把某人提交法庭
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in the nautical sense ‘trim sails for sailing closer to the wind’): variant of hale ‘drag with force’.
Idioms
haul somebody over the coals (British English)
(North American English rake somebody over the coals)
to criticize somebody severely because they have done something wrong 嚴厲訓斥（或斥責）某人 I was hauled over the coals by my boss for being late. 我因遲到被老板嚴厲訓斥。