yank

• vi. 猛地一拉
• vt. 猛拉
• n. 突然的猛拉

詞源不詳。

yank (v.)

"to pull, jerk," 1822, Scottish, of unknown origin. Related: Yanked; yanking. The noun is 1818 in sense of "sudden blow, cuff;" 1856 (American English) as "a sudden pull."

Yank (n.)

abbreviated form of Yankee, 1778.

1. Grabbing his ponytail, Shirley gave it a yank.

雪莉抓住他的馬尾辮，猛地一拽。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He tried to yank his mind back out of fantasy.

他試圖將思緒從想入非非的幻夢中拉回.

來自辭典例句

3. She gave the rope a yank.

她猛拉了一下繩子.

來自辭典例句

4. How do you know he won't wake up when you yank that thing out?

你敢保證當你拔出那東西的時候他不會醒?

來自電影對白

5. Just a little twirl here and a yank there and – Voiolay!

你隻要在這裏稍微轉動一下,再用力一拉,哇!

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