informal <非正式>
with obj.
- pull with a jerk用力猛拉：
her hair was yanked, and she screamed
她的头发被猛地一拉, 她大声尖叫
with obj. and adverbial he yanked her to her feet他把她一把拉起
no obj. Liz yanked at her arm.利兹用力地拉了拉她的手臂。
in sing.
- a sudden hard pull猛然一拉：
one of the other girls gave her ponytail a yank.
其他女孩中的一个使劲地拽了拽她的马尾辫。
词源
late 18th cent. （as a Scots word in the sense 'sudden sharp blow'）： of unknown origin.