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tow 音标拼音: [t'o] n. 拖,拖曳所用之绳,麻的粗纤维
vt. 拖,曳,牵引 拖,拖曳所用之绳,麻的粗纤维拖,曳,牵引 tow n 1: the act of hauling something ( as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope; " the truck gave him a tow to the garage" [ synonym: { tow}, { towage}] v 1: drag behind; " 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The act of towing, or the state of being towed; -- chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow. [ 1913 Webster] 3. That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect. [ 1913 Webster] |
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