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单词 haul
释义 haul
I. \ˈhȯl\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English halen to pull, draw, from Old French haler, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch halen to pull; akin to Old English geholian to obtain, Old High German halōn, holōn, holēn to call, fetch, Old Saxon halōn, and perhaps to Old English hlōwan to low — more at low
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to change the course of (a ship) especially so as to sail closer to the wind — often used with directional adverb
  < told the chief officer to haul her off four points — Mercantile Marine Magazine >
 b. : to sail or hold on a course
  < hauled his skiff all the way north — A.B.Mayse >
2.
 a.
  (1) : to exert traction on : pull
   < haul a net >
   < haul a wagon >
   — often followed by directional adverb
   < haul out a stump >
   < haul up a lobster pot >
   < haul in an anchor >
   < haul down a flag >
  (2) : to take by drawing in or up (as with a net)
   < haul herring >
 b. : to exert influence on so as to achieve a desired end : drag
  < his wife … will haul him to a highbrow play — Francis Fergusson >
 c. : to transport from one place to another in a vehicle : cart
  < haul passengers >
  < haul coal from the mines >
  < cattle are hauled by rail >
3. : to bring before (an authority) for interrogation or punishment : hale
 < haul traffic violators into court >
— often used with up
 < haul up a … president of the United States to explain his conduct in office to a congressional committee — Elmer Davis >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to change course so as to sail closer to the wind — often used with up
  < she hauled up 'til the sails began to shiver >
 b. : to sail on a course
  < decided to haul south >
2.
 a.
  (1) : to exert traction : pull
   < haul on a rope >
   — often followed by directional adverb
   < haul back on the reins >
   < hauled over to put a pilot aboard — H.A.Chippendale >
  (2) : to take or seek a catch especially of fish by hauling a net
   < go hauling for herring >
 b. : to propel oneself : come, go
  < about three o'clock we hauled into Moonridge — Kenneth Clark >
  < the bull hauled back for another lunge — F.B.Gipson >
 c. : to carry from one place to another : furnish transportation
  < nominal charge for hauling >
3. of the wind : to change direction : shift
 < the wind has hauled more to the south — William Willis >
— often used with around
 < hauled around to the starboard quarter >
Synonyms: see pull

- haul down one's colors
- haul in one's horns
- haul one over the coals
- haul one's wind
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : an act of dragging : strong pull
  < the rope stood up under the strain of the haul >
 b. : a mechanical device for pulling : conveyor belt
  < mine cars on a car haul >
2. : the result of an effort to collect either legitimately or by theft : take
 < rich hauls of plankton — N.B.Marshall >
 < a mink coat haul — Rose Thurburn >
specifically : the fish taken in a single draft of a net
3. ropemaking : a bundle of yarns to be tarred
4.
 a. : an act of transporting
  < a rail haul meant that several hundred expensive … cars would have to be bought — N.M.Clark >
 b. : the distance or route over which a load is transported
  < sand is normally taken from deposits within a reasonable haul of the site of building — G.S.Brady >
  < ride first-class only on the short hauls — T.H.Fielding >
  < the long haul round the Cape — Sir Winston Churchill >
 c. : the quantity of material transported : load
  < hauls of unsifted ore — Times Literary Supplement >
III. verb

- haul ass
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