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

來自中古英語halen,拉升，抬高，原指航海時升帆，拉索，可能來自PIE*kel,叫，呼喊，詞源同call,claim.引申詞義水手升帆時喊的號子。或來自PIE*kel,升起，舉起，詞源同hill,excel.后詞義由向上拉擴展為向前拉，運輸，搬運等。

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.

羅馬尼亞經濟的復興將是一項長期而艱巨的工作。

來自柯林斯例句

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

另一次入室盜竊偷得了價值4,000英鎊的首飾。

來自柯林斯例句

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

希思羅和蓋特威克之間有短程航班。

來自柯林斯例句

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

長途航班上的乘客須注意可能出現深靜脈血栓。

來自《權威詞典》

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時間的艱苦努力。

來自《權威詞典》