pull back

英 美
  • 拉回;撤回
  • back n.后面;背脊;靠背;后背;后卫vt.支持;后退adv.向后地adj.向后的;后面的;偏远的;过时的;积欠的
  • pull v.拉;拖;牵;拔;吸引n.拉;拉力;引力;划船;影响力
Verb:
  1. pull back or move away or backward;

    "The enemy withdrew"
    "The limo pulled away from the curb"

  2. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

  3. move to a rearward position; pull towards the back;

    "Pull back your arms!"

  4. stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow);

    "The archers were drawing their bows"

  5. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;

    "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"
    "He backed out of his earlier promise"
    "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

    1. He tried to yank his mind back out of fantasy.
      他试图将思绪从想入非非的幻梦中拉回。
    2. The four grey horses took them back to the castle.
      四匹灰马把他们拉回城堡。
    3. The platoon pulled back to safety.
      这一排士兵撤回到了安全地带。
    4. I take back what I said just now.
      我撤回刚才说的话。

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