yank
基本释义
[verb] pull with a jerk
[动词] 猛拉
深入解读
看到 yank 一词时很容易联想起许多与之结尾相同的单词，除了常见的 bank, rank, tank, thank, blank 外，还有前不久小站（微信公众号：田间小站）在熟词僻义栏目中推过的 plank 。
具体来说， yank 源自苏格兰语，1822年进入英语后即用来表示“猛拉、使劲拉、猛拽”，常作非正式用语使用，主要指突然使用很大的力气猛力拖拽，既可以作及物动词也可以作不及物动词使用，比如：
- 他绊到了电线，一下子把插头拽了出来。然后他站起来走了，没有注意到他所造成的附带损害。
He tripped over the cord and yanked the plug out. Then he got up and walked away, oblivious of the collateral damage he had caused.
用作名词时， yank 相应表示“突然的猛拉、使劲的一拉”，比如：
- 门外有一块铜牌，上面用拉丁字母列着各位牙科医生的名字。他使劲一拉门想把它打开。
There was a brass plaque outside the door listing the various dentists’ names rendered in the Latin alphabet. He gave the door a yank to open it.
值得注意的是，大写首字母的名词 Yank 在英式英语中是贬义词 Yankee （美国佬、美国人）的缩写词，比如：
- 这地方全是美国佬。
The place was full of Yanks.
好书例句
Someone yanked Harry up by the hair, dragged him a short way, pushed him down into a sitting position, then started binding him back-to-back with other people.
有人猛扯哈利的头发把他拉起来，拽着他走了一小段路，又把他一推坐到地上，然后开始把他跟别人背靠背绑在一起。
出自英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第七本《哈利·波特与死亡圣器》（Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows）。
外刊例句
- But the electoral successes of Donald Trump and the campaign to yank Britain out of the European Union (EU) have shaken the dismal science.
但特朗普当选和英国脱欧运动动摇了这门沉闷的科学。
——《经济学人》 - Comets are icy leftovers from the anarchic birth of the solar system that occasionally are yanked by the forces of gravity toward the sun.
彗星是太阳系在混乱状态下诞生时留下的冰冷残余物，有时会被引力猛拉向太阳。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
- Yank the cord – 拉动绳子
- Yank the handle – 拉动把手
- Yank out the weeds – 拔草
- Yank a tooth – 拔牙
- Yank the door open – 猛拉门开
- Yank the leash – 拉动绳索
- Yank the rope – 猛拉绳子
- Yank a plant from the ground – 猛拔植物
- Yank the plug – 拔掉插头
- Yank the steering wheel – 猛拉方向盘
- Yank the rug – 猛拉地毯
- Yank the chain – 猛拉链条
- Yank the shirt collar – 猛拉衣领
- Yank a stuck drawer – 猛拉卡住的抽屉
- Yank a hair out – 猛拔一根头发
- Yank the bandage off – 猛扯绷带
- Yank the curtain aside – 猛拉开窗帘
- Yank the hose – 猛拉软管
- Yank the trigger – 猛扳扳机
- Yank the handbrake – 猛拉手刹
- Yank a book from the shelf – 猛拽书架上的书
- Yank the chain saw – 猛拉链锯
- Yank the backpack off – 猛扯背包
- Yank a wrench – 猛拉扳手
- Yank the handlebars – 猛拉把手
- Yank a stuck zipper – 猛拉卡住的拉链
- Yank the bedsheet – 猛拉床单
- Yank the drawer open – 猛拉抽屉开
- Yank the suitcase handle – 猛拉手提箱把手
- Yank the handbrake – 猛拉手刹
- Yank the starter cord – 猛拉启动绳
- Yank the fishing line – 猛拉钓鱼线
- Yank a knot loose – 猛拽解开结
- Yank the tape measure – 猛拉卷尺
- Yank the gearshift – 猛拉换挡杆
- Yank the power cord – 猛拉电源线
- Yank a stubborn nail – 猛拔顽固的钉子
- Yank the headphone cable – 猛拉耳机线
- Yank a stuck zipper – 猛拉卡住的拉链
- Yank the lever – 猛拉杆
同近义词
jerk: a quick, sharp, sudden movement
tug: a hard or sudden pull
twitch: cause to move in a specified direction by giving a sharp pull
