Tow
[təʊ] or [to]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
艾拉編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Refuse flax, hards.
v. a. Draw (as a vessel, through the water), haul, drag, draw, pull, take in tow.
校對:西蒙
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Drag, draw, pull, haul,[See PEEVISH]
贾尔斯錄入
解釋/意思:
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/造句/用法:
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- You've got no call to come an' talk about sticks o' these primises, as you woon't give a stick tow'rt mending. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- They took twelve barges in tow, loaded also with rations. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- But the Tug, suddenly lightened, and untrammelled by having any weight in tow, was already puffing away into the distance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- This combed out the matted tow of the hemp into clean, straight fiber. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Accordingly, Mr Venus slipped past Mr Wegg and towed him down. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Her father had seen the discovery being towed in the river. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- 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. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Pancks opened the door for him, towed him in, and retired to his own moorings in a corner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Charlotte Dundas (Steamboat) towed canal Boats on the Clyde. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- A barge was being towed towards her, and she sat down on the bank to rest and watch it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He started without delay, taking, however, only his own gunboat, the Carondelet, towed by the steamer Alps. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He outwalked the short day, and was on the towing-path by the river, somewhat footsore, when the night closed in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- 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. 神奇的知識之書.
- Towing is not ordinarily required in any part of the canal, except in the locks, for steam or motor vessels. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Incline from locks of different levels up and down which the towing motors run on cog rails. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
編輯:塔比瑟