For centuries these two guardians were linked by a giant chain, which could be pulled tight to keep marauding ships at bay.

几个世纪以来这两位守护者被一条巨大的锁链连接着，可以拉以阻止劫掠的船只。

The more difficulties there are, the greater the need for us to forge a closer bond between our peoples and to open our hearts to each other, and more people need to speak up for this relationship.

越是困难的时候，越需要拉人民的纽带、增进人心的沟通，越需要更多的人站出来为中美关系鼓与呼。

They could barely keep the traces taut, and on the down grades just managed to keep out of the way of the sled.

皮带勉强拉，下坡的时候只能勉勉强强地躲开追上的雪橇。

Let her have it! The foreman's arm tightened on the wheel, then stopped. He turned to the other men on the scaffolding.

让机器转！头的胳臂拉轮子，之后停止，他转向脚手架上的另一男子。

Tip Number Two: Tighten your mask.

将你的口罩拉。

Firstly, the tower will not be completely self-supporting, partly relying on its tensioned steel cables for stability.

首先，这座塔无法实现完全的自我支撑，部分要靠拉的钢索来保持稳定。

Chief engineer: make sure all moorings remain taut to restrict the movement of the ship.

吸收材料已放好。确保所有系缆拉以限制船体的运。

" Ready? " " Ready." She tensed her fingers on the strap.

“准备好？” “准备好。”她拉带子的手指。

Yeah, straight-laced, meaning tightly drawn or tight-fitting.

，的，意思是拉或贴的。

Now it is time to tight line.

现在是拉路线的时候了。

Phyllis pulled hard on the horse's reins but nothing happened!

菲莉丝用力拉马的缰绳， 但什么也没发生！

And if you've ever blown up a balloon and pulled the mouth of the balloon tight, and it kind of makes a farty sound, it's making that farty sound because the two sides of the balloon are slapping together.

而且，如果你曾经吹起一个气球， 然后把气球的口拉，它会发出类似放屁的声音。这是因为气球的两面在相互拍打， 从而产生了这种声音。

For, now, the rope came in, tightened and strained to its utmost as it appeared, and the men turned heavily, and the windlass complained. It was scarcely endurable to look at the rope, and think of its giving way.

因为，现在，绳子进来了，收并拉到它出现的极限，男人们沉重地转身，起锚机抱怨。看着绳子，想到它松开，简直让人难以忍受。

The cutting cable may be strung between two mine-clearing vessels known as minesweepers, or held taut off the side of a lone minesweeper by a device called a paravane (in essence, an underwater kite).

切割电缆可以串在两艘被称为扫雷舰的扫雷船之间，或者通过一种叫做扫雷器（本质上是水下风筝）的装置将其拉在一艘单独的扫雷舰的侧面。

To the left is a lion, Leo, and in the bottom right, a figure called Anu, which is possibly the lynx, but it's shown as a man stretching a cord between upraised hands.

左边是一头狮子， 代表狮子座， 而在右下角，有一个名为阿努的图案， 可能象征猞猁，但它被描绘成一个人双手高举， 在两臂之间拉一根绳索的形象。

And my perspective as her friend was just pull the thread a little bit on some connections that you have and see how maybe this could scale for what you've already built.

作为她的朋友，我的看法是稍微拉一下你现有的一些联系，看看这如何可能扩展你已经建立的基础。

A stout woman upholstered in velvet, her flabby cheeks too much massaged, swirled by with her poodle straining at its leash—the effect being given of a tug bringing in an ocean liner.

一个身穿天鹅绒软垫的胖女人，她松弛的脸颊被按摩得太多了，她的贵宾犬拉了它的皮带——给人一种拖船驶进远洋班轮的效果。

The Killer braced himself with the rope across his hip, and as the antelope tautened the singing strands in a last frantic bound for liberty he was thrown over upon his back.

杀手用系在他臀部的绳子支撑着自己，当羚羊拉歌唱的绳索，最后一次疯狂地奔向自由时，他被抛翻在地。

And then she wriggled her way into the clean sheets, pushing her feet up against where she had pulled them tight, turning her head this way and that on the pillows.

接着， 她扭着身体钻进干净的床单，脚尖抵住之前拉的床单处，头在枕头上左右转， 调整舒适。

Then Pa pulled the rope in the end of the wagon-cover till it puckered together and left only a tiny round hole in the middle of the back.

然后爸爸把篷布末端的绳子拉，直到篷布皱在一起，在后面中间留下了一个小小的圆洞。