Word · Frequency #48702
tuggings
拉；拽；牵引
tuggings is the plural of tugging.
the action of pulling something with a sudden or strong movement; a pull
- 1.
The action of something that tugs; a pull.
拉拽的动作；一拉
拉拽的动作；一拉；牵引感；[经] 拖带
In use
The sudden tugging on my sleeve made me turn around.
She felt a gentle tugging at the back of her coat.
The constant tugging of the dog on its leash wore me out.
a tugging at/on sth
tugging 前常加不定冠词 a，后接 at 或 on 引出被拉的对象，也可用形容词修饰。
A strong tugging on the line told him a fish was biting.
钓线上的一下猛拉让他知道鱼在咬钩。
the tugging of sth
定冠词 the 加 of 结构强调拉扯的来源，常与表示持续或程度的形容词连用。
The constant tugging of the leash made the walk unpleasant.
皮带的不断猛拉让散步变得不愉快。
Common mistakes
I felt a tugging my sleeve.I felt a tugging at my sleeve.
名词 tugging 表示“拉、拽”时，被拽的对象需用介词 at 引出，构成 a tugging at + 对象；中文“感觉袖子被拉”容易直接照搬，漏掉介词 at。
The tugging the rope was strong.The tugging of the rope was strong.
名词 tugging 后接被拉的对象时要用 of 表示所属或对象关系，即 the tugging of + 对象；中文“拉绳子”直接翻译成 the tugging the rope 缺少 of，不符合英语名词短语结构。
There were many tugging at the rope.There were many tuggings at the rope.
tugging 是可数名词，复数形式为 tuggings；在 many 后必须用复数，因为 many 修饰可数名词复数。中文没有复数变化，容易漏掉 -s。
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