tow

• n. 拖；麻的粗纤维；拖曳所用之绳
• vt. 拖；牵引；曳
• vi. 被拖带；拖行
• n. (Tow)人名；(东南亚国家华语)道

来自古英语 togian,拖，拉，来自 Proto-Germanic*tugojanan,拖，拉，来自 PIE*deuk,拖，拉， 词源同 duct,tie.引申诸相关词义。

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"

tow

tow: English has two words tow. The older, ‘pull’ [OE], came from a prehistoric Germanic *togōjan (source also of Norwegian toga ‘pull’). This was derived from the base *tog-, variants of which gave English team, tug, etc, and it goes back ultimately to the same Indo-European base as produced Latin dūcere ‘pull, lead’ (source of English conduct, duke, etc). Tow ‘flax or hemp fibre’ [14] was borrowed from Middle Low German touw.

This probably went back to the prehistoric Germanic base *tōw-, *taw- ‘make, prepare’ (source also of English tool), in the specialized sense ‘make yarn from wool, spin’.
=> conduct, duct, duke, educate, team, teem, tie, tug; tool

tow (v.)

"pull with a rope," Old English togian "to drag, pull," from Proto-Germanic *tugojanan (cognates: Old English teon "to draw," Old Frisian togia "to pull about," Old Norse toga, Old High German zogon, German ziehen "to draw, pull, drag"), from PIE root *deuk- "to pull, draw" (cognates: Latin ducere "to lead;" see duke (n.)). Related: Towed; towing.

tow (n.1)

"the coarse, broken fibers of flax, hemp, etc., separated from the finer parts," late 14c., probably from Old English tow- "spinning" (in towlic "fit for spinning," tow-hus "spinning-room"), perhaps cognate with Gothic taujan "to do, make," Middle Dutch touwen "to knit, weave," from Proto-Germanic *taw- "to manufacture" (see taw (v.)).

tow (n.2)

c. 1600, "rope used in towing," from tow (v.). Meaning "act or fact of being towed" is from 1620s.

drag, draw, pull, haul, tug, tow, jerk

这些动词都有"拖，拉"之意。

drag： 指沿斜坡而上或水平方向缓慢地拖或拉十分沉重的人或物。作借喻时可指把人硬拉扯过来。

draw： 指将人或物朝出力者的方向拖，不涉及力的大小，含平稳意味，常作借喻用。

pull： 最普通用词，包含本组其它各词的一些意思，可指朝各个方向拉，侧重一时或突然拉动的动作。

haul： 指用力拖或拉，不涉及方向，多作航海用词。

tug： 多指一阵阵地用力拖或拉，但不一定使被拉的人或物移动。

tow： 特指用绳子或链条等拖或拉本身无动力或无法使用自身动力的东西。

jerk： 指快而突然地拉。

Our car was towed away by the police.

我们的汽车被警察拖走了。

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The car broke down and we had to get somebody to give us a tow.

汽车抛锚了，我们只得让人拖走。

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a tow truck

牵引车

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She turned up with her mother in tow.

她露面了，后面紧跟着她的母亲。

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He had been using the vehicle to tow his work trailer...

他一直用这辆车牵引他的活动工作室。

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They threatened to tow away my car...

他们威胁要拖走我的车。

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There she was on my doorstep with child in tow...

她站在我门口，身后跟着一个孩子。

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She had a reporter and a photographer in tow.

她有一个记者和一名摄影师追随着。

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My car broke down; can you give me a tow?

我的车抛锚了, 你能让我把车挂在你的车后面拖行 吗 ?

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The danaged freighter was on tow.

损坏的货轮被拖着前进.

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Let that tow it out.

叫那部钻探机把它拖出来.

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Our car does not have enough power to tow this trailer.

我们的汽车拖不动这量拖车.

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Can I have tow balcony seat for Cats for the 10 th.

我要“Cats”于10日演出的包厢席二张.

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Clear ground units, ready to pushback ( tow off ) aircraft ( helicopter ), please.

请撤除地面设备, 准备推 ( 拖 ) 飞机 ( 直升机 ).

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CHAPTER V PRODUCTION AND SALE OF CIGARETTE PAPER , FILTER ROD, CIGARETTE TOW AND CIGARETTE MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT.

第五章卷烟纸、滤嘴棒、烟用丝束 、 烟草专用机械的生产和销售.

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Our school team beat the other one , and we all made a V with tow fingers.

我们的校队击败了对方队, 我们都伸出手指做出胜利的手势.

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On 23 April, the two ships managed to tow the Ossag and headed towards the harbor.

4月23日, 103号和206号试图拖带着Ossag号返回港口.

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Actually, things got a little weirder when the tow truck driver showed up.

事实上, 在拖吊车司机出现后,事情的发展更加怪异.

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Our tow truck's being repaired.

我们的拖车正在修理呢.

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If you park your car here the police may tow it away.

你要是把汽车停在这里,警察就会把它拖走.

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Today AAA's tow trucks have replaced the four legged rescue teams of yore.

如今,美国汽车协会的拖车已经取代了昔日的四条腿的救援队.

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Abstract: Factors affecting type selection of internals in the tow er were analyzed.

文摘:分 析塔内件选型的影响因素后,指出常压塔提馏段内件选用塔板较好.

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There are always tow sides of everything, disadvantages may become advantages in specific condition.

世事都是有正反两面的, 也许平时的不利因素,在特定的条件下就成了有利因素了.

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Do you need a tow truck?

您需要辆拖吊车 吗 ?

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Mrs Hayes went to the supermarket with her four little children in tow.

海斯太太带着她的4个小孩到超市去了.

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It's hard to judge between the tow handicraft articles; they're both charming.

很难判定这两件工艺品孰优孰劣, 它们都很好看.

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