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

• 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。
• Until arriving in Hong Kong, I had been under the badly mistaken impression that Yanks and Brits spoke the same language.
  在来香港之前，我一直有一种错觉，以为美国佬和英国佬说的是同一种语言。
• Well, this will be a tough game for the yanks.
  真的啊，这对洋基队将是一场苦战。
• But suddenly, a male yanks himself free of the bunch and hops down to a dish on the floor.
  突然，其中一只雄性蝙蝠一跃而起，跳到地板上的一只碟子前面。
• 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，我们参观了工厂和鸦片战争中的销烟遗址（很幸运，在这儿我们美国人和英国人相比还算得上是好人。）
• The big question hanging over the market is what happens as the government yanks its support programs. Citi's fortunes will go a long way toward answering it.
  笼罩市场的大问题是，等到政府抽离支持计划后会出现什么状况。花旗的命运对于回答这个问题大有帮助。
• 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？
• 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。
• Giving the Yanks a thorough thrashing.
  给那些美国佬一个沉重的打击。
• The old chain only needed a couple of yanks before it snapped.
  这条旧链只拉了两下就断了。