Tow
[təʊ] or [to]
解释:
(noun.) the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope; 'the truck gave him a tow to the garage'.
(verb.) drag behind; 'Horses used to tow barges along the canal'.
艾拉编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
(v. t.) To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
(v. t.) A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
(v. t.) The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.
(v. t.) That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
克利福德整理
同义词及近义词：
n. Refuse flax, hards.
v. a. Draw (as a vessel, through the water), haul, drag, draw, pull, take in tow.
校对:西蒙
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Drag, draw, pull, haul,[See PEEVISH]
贾尔斯录入
解释:
v.t. to pull a vessel through the water with a rope.—n. originally a rope for towing with: the coarse part of flax or hemp: the act of towing.—ns. Tow′age act of towing: money for towing; Tow′-boat a boat that is towed or one used for towing other vessels.—n.pl. Tow′ing-bitts upright timbers projecting above the deck for fastening tow-lines to.—ns. Tow′ing-net a drag-net for collecting objects of natural history &c.; Tow′ing-path Tow′-path a path generally by the side of a canal or river for horses towing barges; Tow′-ī′ron a toggle-iron used in whaling; Tow′line a line used in towing.—adj. Tow′y like tow.
手打:罗莎琳德
例句:
- The latter was encumbered with barges of coal in tow, and consequently could make but little speed against the rapid current of the Mississippi. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- You've got no call to come an' talk about sticks o' these primises, as you woon't give a stick tow'rt mending. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- They took twelve barges in tow, loaded also with rations. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- When he cast off the Patriarch at night, it was only to take an anonymous craft in tow, and labour away afresh in other waters. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- But the Tug, suddenly lightened, and untrammelled by having any weight in tow, was already puffing away into the distance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- This combed out the matted tow of the hemp into clean, straight fiber. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Large granaries were established, and proved so successful that local capital was tempted into the project of making a tow-path canal from Lockwood Landing all the way to Milan itself. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Accordingly, Mr Venus slipped past Mr Wegg and towed him down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Her father had seen the discovery being towed in the river. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Gurt pulled this in easily by the painter, and then bade Crispin get into it, so as to keep it off from the wall as it was towed along. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Pancks opened the door for him, towed him in, and retired to his own moorings in a corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Charlotte Dundas (Steamboat) towed canal Boats on the Clyde. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- A barge was being towed towards her, and she sat down on the bank to rest and watch it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He started without delay, taking, however, only his own gunboat, the Carondelet, towed by the steamer Alps. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- He outwalked the short day, and was on the towing-path by the river, somewhat footsore, when the night closed in. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The vessel then moves forward slowly until it is in the entrance chamber, when lines are thrown out on the other side and connections are made with towing locomotives on the side wall. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Towing is not ordinarily required in any part of the canal, except in the locks, for steam or motor vessels. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- When he arose and came out to resume his journey, he found his host waiting for him on the grass by the towing-path outside the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- When he came back to the towing-path, he found the ferry-boat on the opposite side, and a gentleman hailing it and waiting to be taken over. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- And I'd have swum off, towing him by the hair, if it had come to that, and I'd a got him aboard without the soldiers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Incline from locks of different levels up and down which the towing motors run on cog rails. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The object he had expected to take in tow, floats by, and his own boat tows him dead, to where we found him, all entangled in his own line. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
编辑:塔比瑟