yank

/jæŋk/ (bre, ipa) · [jˈæŋk] /jæŋk/ (ame, ipa) · [jˈæŋk] /ˈyaŋk/ (ame, mw)

yank — 動詞

  • yankpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • yankshe / she / it
  • yankedpast simple
  • yanking-ing form

1. to give something one sharp, strong pull, often so hard that the thing moves sud

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

猛拉；用力扯

短促有力地拉某物，使其移動或鬆脫

to give something one sharp, strong pull, often so hard that the thing moves suddenly or comes loose.

例句

Tunde yanked the rope to ring the school bell at the start of break.

Tunde 猛拉繩子，敲響了下課的學校鐘聲。

yank + object: yank the rope

The fisherman yanked the cord and the outboard motor sputtered to life.

那位漁夫用力扯了一下啟動繩，舷外馬達便突突地發動了。

narrative subject + concrete object; physical force on a starter cord

同義詞
  • tug

    less forceful and often repeated; a tug may not move the object

  • jerk

    very close in meaning; jerk suggests a single sharp movement, sometimes involuntary

  • wrench

    stronger and more violent; suggests twisting force as well as pulling

反義詞
  • push

    opposite direction of force

  • ease

    move something gently and gradually rather than with a sharp pull

文法句型

yank + object

yank + object + adverb/preposition

yank at + object

用法筆記

Subject is typically a person; the object is something that resists, sticks, or is attached (a rope, a handle, a cord, a stuck drawer). Distinguish from sense 2 (REMOVE ABRUPTLY): sense 1 stays in the physical realm — the hand actually pulls a tangible thing.

常見錯誤

❌She yanked the book gently from the shelf.
✅She slid the book gently off the shelf.
💡yank implies sudden force, so it cannot be paired with 'gently' or 'slowly'.
❌He yanked the door slowly open.
✅He yanked the door open.
💡speed and force are built into the verb; do not soften with 'slowly'.

2. to take a person, product, programme, or item away from where it currently is, d

2.動詞及物C1
釋義

撤下；下架

把人、商品或節目突然從原本位置移走

to take a person, product, programme, or item away from where it currently is, doing so quickly and often without warning, especially because something has gone wrong.

例句

The network yanked the talk show off the air after the host insulted a guest.

在主持人羞辱來賓之後，電視台立刻把那檔脫口秀從節目表上撤了下來。

yank + object + off the air: cancel a broadcast suddenly

Rin's parents yanked her out of the boarding school when fees rose sharply.

學費大幅調漲後，Rin 的父母把她從寄宿學校強行接了出來。

yank + person + out of [institution]: remove from school/programme

同義詞
  • pull

    in the sense 'pull a product from shelves'; pull is the neutral version of this metaphor

  • withdraw

    formal counterpart; preferred in legal or business writing

  • scrap

    more final — scrap means cancel for good, not just remove from current circulation

反義詞
  • reinstate

    put back into the role or programme that was removed

  • launch

    introduce into the market rather than remove from it

文法句型

yank + object + from + place/role

yank + object + off + thing

用法筆記

Subject is usually an institution or person with authority (a network, a regulator, a coach, a parent). Object is something or someone currently embedded in a public role, programme, market, or game. Distinguish from sense 1 (PULL HARD): sense 2 is metaphorical — no actual hand is doing any pulling.

常見錯誤

❌The teacher yanked the homework from the student.
✅The teacher took the homework from the student.
💡sense 2 needs a public role or programme as the context, not a private object exchange.
❌They yanked the policy carefully after review.
✅They quietly withdrew the policy after review.
💡yank implies a sudden, decisive removal, so 'carefully' clashes with the verb's force.

yank — 名詞