单词 | haul |
释义 | haul I. transitive verb 1. a. < told the chief officer to haul her off four points — Mercantile Marine Magazine > b. < hauled his skiff all the way north — A.B.Mayse > 2. a. (1) < 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) < haul herring > b. < his wife … will haul him to a highbrow play — Francis Fergusson > c. < haul passengers > < haul coal from the mines > < cattle are hauled by rail > 3. < 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. < she hauled up 'til the sails began to shiver > b. < decided to haul south > 2. a. (1) < 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) < go hauling for herring > b. < about three o'clock we hauled into Moonridge — Kenneth Clark > < the bull hauled back for another lunge — F.B.Gipson > c. < nominal charge for hauling > 3. of the wind < 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. 1. a. < the rope stood up under the strain of the haul > b. < mine cars on a car haul > 2. < rich hauls of plankton — N.B.Marshall > < a mink coat haul — Rose Thurburn > specifically 3. ropemaking 4. a. < a rail haul meant that several hundred expensive … cars would have to be bought — N.M.Clark > b. < 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. < hauls of unsifted ore — Times Literary Supplement > III. • - haul ass |
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