释义 |
pull in11(Of a vehicle) move to the side of or off the road: he pulled in at the kerb...- As I pulled in to the side of the road, the crisis quickly vanished.
- When the vehicle pulls in, service personnel know what's wrong and can immediately fix it without spending time doing unnecessary tests.
- Trucks pulled in on the other side of the dirt road and Bo nodded to them as they waved in her direction.
2(Of a bus or train) arrive to take passengers: he was ready and waiting half an hour before the express pulled in...- There is a 30-minute wait standing in the cold on Platform 3 before the train finally pulls in at 3.45 pm.
- A train pulls in to the Angus ‘ghost’ station early in the morning and another calls late at night.
- Westminster station is unusually busy, and when the Richmond train pulls in, there's nowhere to sit.
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