| 词组 | haul |
| 释义 | haul [hauled, hauled, hauling] haul before be hauled before/in front of sb to be forced to appear in a court of law or to see someone in authority, so that they can decide whether you have broken a law or rules etc and punish you if necessary: ▪ Stephens was the first airline pilot to be hauled before a criminal court and convicted of negligence. ▪ He was hauled up in front of the headmaster and asked to explain his behaviour. ■ SIMILAR TO: be hauled up haul in 1. haul sb in if the police haul someone in, they take that person to the police station to answer questions about something illegal they have done: ▪ The police can't just haul someone in if they haven't got any evidence against them. + for ▪ Labourers were continually being hauled in for petty crime and drunkenness. ■ SIMILAR TO: arrest 2. haul in sth • haul sth in to pull something heavy towards you using a rope, for example a fishing net or sails: ▪ The fishermen were hauling in their nets and getting ready to go home. 3. haul in sth to earn or obtain a lot of something, especially money: ▪ The company hauled in $500 million in sales last year. haul off haul sb off to take someone away somewhere, using force: ▪ A big male nurse came up and hauled Tom off. + to ▪ I was handcuffed and hauled off to the County jail. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drag off haul up be hauled up to be forced to appear in a court of law or to see someone in authority, so that they can decide whether you have broken a law or rule, and punish you if necessary + for ▪ Her grandfather was hauled up for tax evasion. + before/in front of ▪ Bar staff who serve drunk drivers are liable to get hauled up in front of the local magistrate. |
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