yank
verb/jæŋk/
/jæŋk/
[transitive, intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they yank | /jæŋk/ /jæŋk/ |
| he / she / it yanks | /jæŋks/ /jæŋks/ |
| past simple yanked | /jæŋkt/ /jæŋkt/ |
| past participle yanked | /jæŋkt/ /jæŋkt/ |
| -ing form yanking | /ˈjæŋkɪŋ/ /ˈjæŋkɪŋ/ |
- to pull something/somebody hard, quickly and suddenly
猛拉；猛拽 - yank something/somebody (+ adv./prep.) He yanked her to her feet.
他一下子把她拉起来。 - yank something/somebody + adj. I yanked the door open.
我猛地把门拽开。 - + adv./prep. Liz yanked at my arm.
利兹猛地拉了一下我的胳膊。
Extra Examples- He yanked his arm free.
他猛地挣脱了手臂。 - Her head was yanked back hard.
她的头被用力地向后拉。 - She yanked her hand away.
她猛地把手抽开。 - She yanked the cigarette from his hand.
她从他手里夺走了香烟。 - The man grabbed her hair and yanked her head back.
那男子揪住她的头发把她的头向后猛拉。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryYank is used with these nouns as the object:- chain
- cord
Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a Scots word in the sense ‘sudden sharp blow’): of unknown origin. - yank something/somebody (+ adv./prep.) He yanked her to her feet.