yank是什么意思,yank怎么用

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📰 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》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 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

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.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。

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.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。

The place was full of Yanks.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。


📚 名著用例

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 )。》


🔍 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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