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

  1. Yank the cord – 拉动绳子
  2. Yank the handle – 拉动把手
  3. Yank out the weeds – 拔草
  4. Yank a tooth – 拔牙
  5. Yank the door open – 猛拉门开
  6. Yank the leash – 拉动绳索
  7. Yank the rope – 猛拉绳子
  8. Yank a plant from the ground – 猛拔植物
  9. Yank the plug – 拔掉插头
  10. Yank the steering wheel – 猛拉方向盘
  11. Yank the rug – 猛拉地毯
  12. Yank the chain – 猛拉链条
  13. Yank the shirt collar – 猛拉衣领
  14. Yank a stuck drawer – 猛拉卡住的抽屉
  15. Yank a hair out – 猛拔一根头发
  16. Yank the bandage off – 猛扯绷带
  17. Yank the curtain aside – 猛拉开窗帘
  18. Yank the hose – 猛拉软管
  19. Yank the trigger – 猛扳扳机
  20. Yank the handbrake – 猛拉手刹
  21. Yank a book from the shelf – 猛拽书架上的书
  22. Yank the chain saw – 猛拉链锯
  23. Yank the backpack off – 猛扯背包
  24. Yank a wrench – 猛拉扳手
  25. Yank the handlebars – 猛拉把手
  26. Yank a stuck zipper – 猛拉卡住的拉链
  27. Yank the bedsheet – 猛拉床单
  28. Yank the drawer open – 猛拉抽屉开
  29. Yank the suitcase handle – 猛拉手提箱把手
  30. Yank the handbrake – 猛拉手刹
  31. Yank the starter cord – 猛拉启动绳
  32. Yank the fishing line – 猛拉钓鱼线
  33. Yank a knot loose – 猛拽解开结
  34. Yank the tape measure – 猛拉卷尺
  35. Yank the gearshift – 猛拉换挡杆
  36. Yank the power cord – 猛拉电源线
  37. Yank a stubborn nail – 猛拔顽固的钉子
  38. Yank the headphone cable – 猛拉耳机线
  39. Yank a stuck zipper – 猛拉卡住的拉链
  40. 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

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