tow
tow1
verb
in tow
towable
adjective
语源
tow2
noun
towy
adjective
语源
verb
- [with obj.](of a motor vehicle or boat) pull (another vehicle or boat) along with a rope, chain, or tow bar
（机动车辆或船）拖，拉，牵引
■(of a person) pull (someone or something) along behind one
（人）牵引，拖带（某人，某物）
she saw Florian towing Nicky along by the hand.
她看到弗洛里安一路牵着尼基的手走。
- [in sing.]an act of towing a vehicle or boat
拖，拉，牵引（车辆，船）
■a rope or line used to tow a vehicle or boat
牵引绳，拖链
in tow
- (亦作on tow)being towed by another vehicle or boat
（车辆，船）被拖着
his boat was taken in tow by a trawler.
拖网渔船拖着他的船。 - accompanying or following someone
陪伴，跟随
trying to shop with three children in tow is no joke.
带着三个孩子去商店可不是好玩的事。
towable
adjective
语源
- Old English togian 'draw, drag', of Germanic origin; related to tug. The noun dates from the early 17th cent
- The phrase toe the line, derived from an earlier sense ‘stand with one's toes touching a line, as for a contest’, is sometimes misunderstood and written as tow the line
tow2
noun
- [mass noun]the coarse and broken part of flax or hemp prepared for spinning
亚麻短纤维，短麻屑
■[count noun]a bundle of untwisted natural or man-made fibres
化纤纤维束，丝束
towy
adjective
语源
- Old English (recorded in towcræft 'spinning'), of Germanic origin
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