yanks

英 [jæŋks]

美 [jæŋks]

v.  猛拉; 猛拽
n.  突然的猛拉; 急抽
yank的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 猛拉;猛拽
  If youyanksomeone or something somewhere, you pull them there suddenly and with a lot of force.
  1. She yanked open the drawer...
     她猛地拉开了抽屉。
  2. She yanked the child back into the house...
     她使劲儿把那个孩子拽回了房子里。
  3. He yanked a handkerchief out of his pocket...
     他从口袋里拽出一条手帕。
  4. A quick-thinking ticket inspector yanked an emergency cord.
     一个反应迅速的查票员猛地拉下了紧急刹车索。
  5. Yankis also a noun.
     
  6. Grabbing his ponytail, Shirley gave it a yank.
     雪莉抓住他的马尾辫，猛地一拽。

双语例句

• You both know that the Yanks can't be beat.
  你们俩（国人和英国人）知道美国佬是无敌的。
• In Taiping, we visited factories and the site where foreign Opium was burned during the Opium war ( fortunately the Brits were more the bad guys here than us Yanks).
  在太平镇，我们参观了工厂和***战争中的销烟遗址（很幸运，在这儿我们美国人和英国人相比还算得上是好人。）
• Why don` t them Yanks just attack?
  他们北方佬为什么不直接进攻？
• Ask Yanks who have adopted in China about the "red couch photo" and they'll almost inevitably pull one out.
  你要问曾在中国领养小孩的美国人关于“红沙发照片”，他们肯定都能拿出一张。
• No, the Yanks are not quite ready to advance.
  没有，北军还没有充分做好推进的准备。
• Yanks: My mom is really pissed. She thinks that I could work harder at college, and wants me to spend less time with my friends.
  我老妈很忿怒，她觉得我在大学里可以更勤奋些，少和朋友浪费时间。
• Disapproving the place was full of yanks.
  这个地方挤满了美国佬。
• And down this corridor, swinging his distress like a dingy lantern, Van Norden staggers, staggers in and out as here and there a door opens and a hand yanks him, or a hoof pushes him out.
  他踉踉跄跄、跌跌撞撞地不时闯进一个门里去，门开处或有一只手把他一把拽进屋去，或有一只蹄子把他蹬出来。
• Can't keep losing my best players to the yanks, can I?
  不能失去我美国最好的运动员，好吗？
• The old chain only needed a couple of yanks before it snapped.
  这条旧链只拉了两下就断了。