haul
verb [ T ] uk/hɔːl/ us/hɑːl/
C2 （用力）拉，拖（重物）
to pull something heavy slowly and with difficulty
They hauled the boat out of the water. 他们把船拉上了岸。
She hauled herself up into the tree. 她费劲地爬上了树。
拉，拽
to take something or someone somewhere, especially by force
FBI agents hauled away boxes of records. FBI特工拉走了几箱记录。
The police hauled him off to jail in front of his whole family. 警察当着他全家人的面把他拖走，投入了监狱。
- More examples
- He hauled himself over the wall, grunting with the effort.
- A freight train can haul thousands of tons of goods.
- The fishermen were hauling the nets in at the back of the boat.
- It took three men to haul the roller across the pitch.
- We had to haul the wardrobe up three flights of stairs.
Idiom
haul assidiom US very informal 快速散开
to move very quickly to a different place
When the shooting started we hauled ass out of there. 枪击开始后，我们赶快离开了那里。
Phrasal verb
haul someone up 强制（某人）（去某处或见某人以接受惩罚或解释其行为）
to force someone to go somewhere or see someone in order to be punished or to answer questions about their behaviour
He was hauled up in court/in front of a judge. 他被法庭／地方法官传讯。
haul
noun [ C ] uk/hɔːl/ us/hɑːl/
(AMOUNT)
C2 （赃物或非法物品的）一大批，大量
a usually large amount of something that has been stolen or is illegal
a haul of arms/drugs 大量的武器／毒品
(FISH)
（鱼的）捕获量
the amount of fish caught
Fishermen have been complaining of poor hauls all year. 渔民们整年都在抱怨捕的鱼太少。
(JOURNEY)
（常指艰苦的）旅程
a journey, often a difficult one
From there it was a long haul/only a short haul back to our camp. 从那里回到我们的营地是一段漫长而艰辛／短暂而轻松的旅程。
See also: long-haulshort-haul
Idiom
the long haulidiom 以年记（而不是以天、周、月记）的一段时间
a period of years, rather than days, weeks, or months
I want to invest my money for the long haul, not just to get rich quick.