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Haul Meaning Long 4225.Haul 英 Hɔːl]美 Hɔl 释义

正面 4225.haul
英 [hɔːl]美 [hɔl]

背面
释义:
n. 拖,拉;用力拖拉;努力得到的结果;捕获物;一网捕获的鱼量;拖运距离vt. 拖运;拖拉vi. 拖,拉;改变主意;改变方向n. (Haul)人名;(德)豪尔
例句:
1. Revitalising the Romanian economy will be a long haul.罗马尼亚经济的复兴将是一项长期而艰巨的工作。

分析:“货”的谐音。记忆:我的工作是拉货。
haul 拖,拉来自中古英语halen,拉升,抬高,原指航海时升帆,拉索,可能来自PIE*kel,叫,呼喊,词源同call,claim.引申词义水手升帆时喊的号子。或来自PIE*kel,升起,举起,词源同hill,excel.后词义由向上拉扩展为向前拉,运输,搬运等。
haul (v.)"pull or draw forcibly," 1580s, hall, variant of Middle English halen "to drag, pull" (see hale (v.)). Spelling with -au- or -aw- is from early 17c. Related: Hauled; hauling. To haul off "pull back a little" before striking or otherwise acting is American English, 1802.haul (n.)1660s, "act of pulling," from haul (v.). Meaning "something gained" is from 1776, a figurative use from the meaning "the quantity of fish taken in one haul of a net," or perhaps on the notion of "drawing" a profit. Meaning "distance over which something must be hauled" (usually with long or short) is attested from 1873."

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