| 释义 |
Noun: pulling pûling- The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
"his strenuous pulling strained his back"
- pull
Verb: pull pûl- Cause to move by pulling
"pull a sled"
- draw, force - Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
"The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"
- attract, pull in, draw, draw in - Move into a certain direction
"the car pulls to the right" - Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
"Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" - Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
"pull a bank robbery"
- perpetrate, commit - Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
"pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
- draw, pull out, get out, take out - Steer into a certain direction
"pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over" - Strain abnormally
"I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"
- overstretch - Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
"A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
- draw - Operate when rowing a boat
"pull the oars" - Rein in to keep from winning a race
"pull a horse" - Tear or be torn violently
"pull the cooked chicken into strips"
- rend, rip, rive [archaic] - Hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
"pull the ball" - Strip of feathers
"pull a chicken"
- pluck, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume - Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
"pull weeds"
- extract, pull out, pull up, take out, draw out - Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
"I'm pulling for the underdog"
- root for - Take away
"pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf" - (informal) successfully get someone to be one's date or sex partner
"he pulled last night"
- score
Derived forms: pullings See also: pull along, pull back, pull down, pull off, puller Type of: act, actuation, bust, displace, drive, force, hit, injure, move, propulsion, rein, rein in, remove, row, rupture, side, snap, strip, take, take away, tear, withdraw, wound Antonym: push Encyclopedia: Pull Pulling |