1.haul的基本意思是表示沿着人〔物〕所确定的方向用力地、缓慢地拖或拽,也可表示用运送工具载送货物。引申可表示“传讯”。
2.haul可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。
3.haul后接at或on〔upon〕表示用力拉某物; 后接up表示把某物拖上来; 后接down表示把某物拉下去。

haul around(v.+adv.)
转变 change
▲haul around to sth
The wind hauled around to the east.风向转往东。
He hauled around to my way of thinking.他转变到跟我一样的想法了。

haul at(v.+prep.)
拖或拉(某物) drag sth
▲haul at sth
They hauled at a rope.他们拖绳子。
The crew hauled at the heavy sail.水手们用力拉笨重的船帆。

haul away(v.+adv.)
1.拖走 pull sth away
▲haul sth⇔away
The tractor hauled the load away.拖拉机将重物拖走。
2.用力拉 drag exerting with one's strength
▲haul away on sth
They hauled away on the ropes.他们用力拉绳子。

haul before(v.+prep.)
〈非正〉迫使(某人)出(庭)受审 force (sb) to appear before (a court of law or judge) on trial
▲haul sb before sth
The police have hauled Peter before the court on a charge of dangerous driving.因彼得危险开车,警察已把他送交法庭受审。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The least that can happen is that you'll be hauled before the company commander and given a severe reprimand.至少你将被公司领导传讯并受到严厉斥责。

haul down(v.+adv.)
▲haul sth⇔down
1.降下,拽下或拉下(某物) lower (sth such as a flag)
They hauled down the enemy's flag when they captured the city.他们占领该城市时,把敌人的旗帜扯了下来。
And she tried to haul my trousers down!而后,她试图扒下我的裤子。
2.卸下(某重物) lift (sth heavy) down from a higher level
All the farm workers had to help to haul the bags of cattle food down from the cart.所有的农场工人不得不去把一袋袋的饲料从大车上卸下来。

haul down one's flag〔colours〕(v.+adv.+n.)
〈非正〉妥协,投降,认输 yield; admit defeat
After several weeks of argument, the trade union leaders had to haul down their flag and accepted the government's earlier offer.经过几周的辩论,工会领袖只好妥协,接受了政府早先提出的条件。

haul in(v.+adv.)
往回拽或拉(某物) pull (sth) towards one
▲haul sth⇔in
They went down to the shore to watch the fishermen hauling in their nets.他们跑到岸边看渔民拖网。

haul in one's horns(v.+adv.+n.)
减少活动; 有所收敛; 谨慎从事 be less keen or active, and more careful
You've been using up your strength too much recently, hadn't you better haul in your horns a little?你最近体力消耗太大,缓缓劲不好吗?
You'd better haul in your horns or the voters will know what you're trying to do.你最好谨慎点,不然投票者会知道你要干什么。

haul into(v.+prep.)
把(某物)拖进 drag sth into
▲haul sth into sth
The fishermen hauled the fish into the port.渔民们把鱼拖进船舱。

haul off(v.+adv.)
改变船的方向以躲避(某物); 拉走 change the direction (of a ship) in order to hedge sth; drag sth away
▲haul sb/sth⇔off
He told the chief officer to haul the ship off four points.他告诉大副改变船的航行偏开四个罗经点。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The protesters were hauled off to jail.抗议者被拉走并投入监牢。

haul on〔onto〕 the wind(v.+prep.+n.)
抢风驶船 pull the sails so that they lie near or in the same direction as the desired course, so as to sail closer to the wind“Haul on the wind!”shouted the captain, as the ship tried to leave the course.当船偏离航道时,船长喊道:“抢风驶船”。

haul out of(v.+adv.+prep.)
拖运出 drag sth out from sth
▲haul sth out of sth
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
Logs must be hauled out of the forest.原木必须从森林中拖运出来。

haul over the coals(v.+prep.+n.)
为过错斥责某人 scold sb for a fault
▲haul sb over the coals
The director called Fair into his office to hauled him over the coals for being late so often.主任把费尔叫到办公室,斥责他经常迟到。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He was hauled over the coals by the manager for his carelessness.他因不认真受到了经理的严厉批评。

haul up1(v.+adv.)
1.拖起,提起,拉起(某物) lift; pull (sth) up with effort
▲haul sth⇔up
If we can get some strong ropes or wires around the sunken boat, we might be able to haul it up.我们如果能用一些结实的绳子或金属缆绳拴在沉船的周围,或许能把它拖上来。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The log was hauled up by a crane.木头被起重机吊起来。
2.〈口〉迫使(某人)出庭受审; 传讯(某人)到庭 force (sb) to appear on trial
▲haul sb⇔up
〔说明〕 haul up作此解时常用于被动结构。
If we get caught with the jewels,I hope we're not hauled up before the same judge who dealt with us last time.如果我们因盗窃珠宝被捕,我希望不要被带到上次审判过我们的那个法官面前受审。
This is the second time that Matthew has been hauled up on a dangerous driving charge.这是马修第二次因危险行车而受到传讯。
3.停止 stop
▲haul up
The child ran over and hauled up in front of me.那个孩子跑过来,在我面前停住了。
The boats hauled up at the pier.船在码头停泊。

haul up2(v.+prep.)
把(某物)拖上… lift; pull (sth) up
▲haul sb/sth up sth
They hauled the boat up the beach.他们把船拖上岸。
They had to fasten a rope round the man and hauled him up the cliff.他们不得不把绳子套在那人身上,把他拉上悬崖。

haul out of(v.+adv.+prep.)
拖运出 drag sth out from sth
▲haul sth out of sth
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
Logs must be hauled out of the forest.原木必须从森林中拖运出来。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
If you haul hard you will divert the fish.如果猛拉,鱼会被吓跑的。
The fishermen hauled in a line hand over hand.渔民们站成一排双手交替拉网。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
Trains haul freight.火车运送货物。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
Cattle are hauled by rail.牲畜是通过铁路运输的。

The rope stood up under the strain of the haul.这绳子经受得住紧拉。
The thieves got away from the jeweler's with a good haul.那些贼偷了大批珠宝后逃离了珠宝商店。
The fisherman had a good haul.渔夫捕到一大网鱼。
It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已精疲力尽。

［同义词］ v. drag, draw
［词源］＜古法语haler(拖,拉)