tow的意思|tow的解释-里氏词典

tow [to]

n. 拖, 拖绳, 拖轮

vt. 拖, 拉, 牵引

[化] 丝束

tow

[ noun ]

the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope

<noun.act>

the truck gave him a tow to the garage

[ verb ]

drag behind

<verb.contact>

Horses used to tow barges along the canal

Tow \Tow\ (t[=o]), n. [OE. tow, AS. tow, akin to OD. touw, Icel.
t[=o] a tuft of wool for spinning; cf. E. taw, v. t.]
The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from
the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

Tow \Tow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Towed} (t[=o]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Towing}.] [OE. towen, to[yogh]en; akin to OFries. toga to
pull about, OHG. zog[=o]n, Icel. toga, AS. tohline a towline,
and AS. te['o]n to draw, p. p. getogen. See {Tug}.]
To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind,
by means of a rope.

Tow \Tow\, n. [Cf. Icel. taug a rope, from the same root as E.
tow, v. t.]
1. A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

2. The act of towing, or the state of being towed; -- chiefly
used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

3. That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge,
raft, collection of boats, ect.

"It'll take me an hour to pull them out of there and an hour to tow them.
The North Korean premier's car was damaged, and two of the official vehicles had to be left for tow trucks.
Then, daughter in tow, she hurried inside for the dinner.
"One of the things (smugglers are) starting to do is tow the stuff.
Morocco also has refused the tanker safe haven, and the Spanish Merchant Marine denied a request by the ship's owners to tow the 1,837-foot vessel to calm waters off the southern coast of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, a government official said.
In 10 minutes, Wilbey Mullen was hooking Miser's car to his tow truck.
The governor's office said the bus hit a tow truck, which had stopped on the side of the road to help a motorist with a flat tire.
The sources, who insisted on anonymity, said the frigate was "making only about two knots" on its own power Thursday afternoon and would probably be taken under tow by the cruiser Wainwright.
Two Alaska Army National Guard Skycrane helicopters have been rigged to tow the 185-ton hovercraft barge from Prudhoe Bay, an oil field about 200 miles southeast, in a tricky trip across Arctic Ocean ice.
For many companies, natural gas is as good a target as crude oil, because rising oil prices tend to tow gas prices along.
Outdoor enthusiasts who tow boats, campers, etc. will note that Chrysler's front-drive configuration does limit towing capacity, however.
"Return to the Forbidden Planet" reaches New York from London with a colossal reputation in tow.
Soon, he said, Diles appeared with Holmes in tow.
He toured the state with President Bush's drug czar, William Bennett, in tow.
And, of course, at weekends they will tow two-horse (or one boat) trailers better than any other kind of car.
The tanker, under tow since leaving Alaska on June 23, had an uneventful trip until the final leg of its 2,500-mile journey.
Members of the Komine Group, which police say is a band of sokaiya associated with the elusive Mr. Johnson, made an appearance at Nippon Stainless Steel Co.'s meeting, but without any foreign investors in tow.
The Santania is on its way from South Korea to Saudi Arabia with offshore oil drilling equipment in tow, said Timmermans.
The Bulka's Athens-based owner, Bacolistas and Sons, sent two tugs from Honolulu to rendezvous with the freighter by Monday and tow it, Hubbard said.
I still believe that Major will quit Downing Street voluntarily, late in the year, probably late at night, his poor wife in tow, screaming soundlessly.
The ship is designed to tow acoustic sensors to detect submarines.
Roth and the Strouds were charged with selling or disposing of government property valued at more than $8.1 million, including the three engines, a flight-line tow tractor and three engine trailers.
The sale augments and earlier sale of nine such vehicles, which are heavily armored and designed to tow damaged tanks or other tracked vehicles from the battlefield.
Secretary of State Baker and Commerce Secretary Mosbacher then fly into Moscow, 15 U.S. business leaders in tow, to symbolize George Bush's support for Mr. Gorbachev.
A child driving a toy truck was billed as hauling the radar-evading stealth bomber, unveiled last week by the Air Force. The tow hook was attached to nothing.
The tanker, which had lost the use of its rudder, had been under tow through the English Channel when the towlines snapped in hurricane-force winds and heavy seas.
Six tugboats took up the slack on tow lines Wednesday and slowly but surely hauled the oil-spilling tanker Exxon Valdez from a reef that had held it solid for 12 days.
It was definitely a real obvious distraction," said George Thomas, who flies tow planes used to launch gliders.
An additional $1 billion could be saved over three years, he says, by imposing user fees for non-emergency Coast Guard Services, such as getting a tow if your outboard runs out of fuel.
I need somebody to tow, we've lost the A pump, too.

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