English Dictionary

pull back

動詞

他動詞

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, back. / To retreat / To retract / (transitive) to pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind.

日本語の意味

（敵や状況などから）後退する、撤退する / （身体・手などを）引き戻す、引っ込める / （下や後ろにあるものを）明らかにする目的で引く、引き上げる

She had to pull back the heavy curtain to let sunlight into the theater.

彼女は劇場に日光を入れるために重いカーテンを後ろへ引かなければならなかった。

意味（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, back.

意味（2）

To retreat

Central African armed forces (FACA) troops were forced to pull back from the town and were planning an operation to retake it, the source said.

意味（3）

To retract

意味（4）

(transitive) to pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind.

Her nightgown was thin, and she felt chilly as she stepped across the hall, pulling back the curtain that shielded Gabriel's room.

意味（5）

(transitive, sports) To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.

Jason Scotland should have scored after Tamas advanced purposefully down the right before pulling the ball back into the path of his team-mate, who shot straight at Myhill.

意味（6）

(transitive, sports) To score when the team is losing.

Ronaldinho pulled back a goal for Barca in injury time with a classy free-kick, but it was clearly too little too late to prevent their third Liga defeat.

pulls back （ present singular third-person ）

pulling back （ participle present ）

pulled back （ participle past ）

pulled back （ past ）