• n. 拖，拉；用力拖拉；努力得到的結(jié)果；捕獲物；一網(wǎng)捕獲的魚量；拖運(yùn)距離
• vt. 拖運(yùn)；拖拉
• vi. 拖，拉；改變主意；改變方向
• n. (Haul)人名；(德)豪爾

來(lái)自中古英語(yǔ)halen,拉升，抬高，原指航海時(shí)升帆，拉索，可能來(lái)自PIE*kel,叫，呼喊，詞源同call,claim.引申詞義水手升帆時(shí)喊的號(hào)子。或來(lái)自PIE*kel,升起，舉起，詞源同hill,excel.后詞義由向上拉擴(kuò)展為向前拉，運(yùn)輸，搬運(yùn)等。

haul (v.)

"pull or draw forcibly," 1580s, hall, variant of Middle English halen "to drag, pull" (see hale (v.)). Spelling with -au- or -aw- is from early 17c. Related: Hauled; hauling. To haul off "pull back a little" before striking or otherwise acting is American English, 1802.

haul (n.)

1660s, "act of pulling," from haul (v.). Meaning "something gained" is from 1776, a figurative use from the meaning "the quantity of fish taken in one haul of a net," or perhaps on the notion of "drawing" a profit. Meaning "distance over which something must be hauled" (usually with long or short) is attested from 1873.

1. Revitalising the Romanian economy will be a long haul.

羅馬尼亞經(jīng)濟(jì)的復(fù)興將是一項(xiàng)長(zhǎng)期而艱巨的工作。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Another break-in yielded a ￡4,000 haul of jewellery.

另一次入室盜竊偷得了價(jià)值4,000英鎊的首飾。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Short-haul flights operate from Heathrow and Gatwick.

希思羅和蓋特威克之間有短程航班。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Passengers on long-haul flights are being warned about the risks of deep vein thrombosis.

長(zhǎng)途航班上的乘客須注意可能出現(xiàn)深靜脈血栓。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. She knows that becoming world champion is going to be a long haul.

她知道要成為世界冠軍需要長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的艱苦努力。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》