English Dictionary

haul

/hɔːl/

noun

An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug. / The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long.

The haul of fish was impressive.

意味（1）

An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug.

So I rigged my big salmon rod, and when I heard him splashing in the shallows across the pool, I put a few Alka Seltzer tablets onto the hook and cast into the darkness. There was a splash and a haul on my line, and this time I struck with both hands and then began pulling and horsing as hard as I could to bring this big fish over to my side.

意味（2）

The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long.

Getting to his place was a real haul.

意味（3）

An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip.

The robber’s haul was over thirty items.

意味（4）

(Internet) Short for haul video (“video posted on the Internet consisting of someone showing and talking about recently purchased items”).

Then there are the YouTube hauls, the oddly viral videos of influencers showing off what they got for Christmas. In her 2017 haul that's been watched 1.7 million times, Olivia Jade – a 19-year-old beauty and fashion tipster and the daughter of actress Lori Loughlin – sat on a plush white bed in polar bear pyjamas and a Santa hat. One by one, she showed off a bottle of Valentino perfume (sweet mixed with floral), a cropped, purple fuzzy sweater from Urban Outfitters, bikinis, sneakers, jeans, underwear, high heels, dresses, tops and more.

意味（5）

(ropemaking) A bundle of many threads to be tarred.

When the collected yarns number about 400, they are coiled up in a haul, and are ready either for tarring, or laying into white ropes. Previous to the haul being taken up for tarring, there is a slight turn put into it to keep it from getting entangled in the tar-kettle. […] 400 of such threads constituted a haul, and weighed 12 cwt. 2 qrs, and when tarred 15 cwt.

意味（6）

(Britain, soccer) Four goals scored by one player in a game.

Four goals scored by a single player in a match can be described as a 'haul', while five goals is unofficially a 'glut'.