[VERB 动词]拖;拉;牵引 If one vehicle tows another, it pulls it along behind it.
[V n]
[V n with adv]
[V n prep]
[a N]
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。
They threatened to tow away my car...
他们威胁要拖走我的车。
The British navy boarded the vessel and towed it to New York.
英国海军登上船,把它拖到纽约。
Tow is also a noun.
I can give you a tow if you want.
如果你愿意,我可以拖带你的车。
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[PHRASE 短语]跟随;陪伴 If you have someone in tow, they are following you closely because you are looking after them or you are leading them somewhere.
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[INFORMAL 非正式]
There she was on my doorstep with child in tow...
她站在我门口,身后跟着一个孩子。
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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tow/təʊ; NAmEtoʊ/
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towtowstowedtowingverbtowsth (away) to pull a car or boat behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain (用绳索或链条)拖,拉,牵引,拽◆Our car was towed away by the police.我们的汽车被警察拖走了。☞synonyms at
pull
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tow bar
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tow rope
noun[singular ]an act of one vehicle pulling another vehicle using a rope or chain (车、船等的)牵引,拽引◆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。◆a tow truck牵引车IDIOMin tow1( informal) if you have sb in tow,they are with you and following closely behind 紧随着;陪伴着◆She turned up with her mother in tow.她露面了,后面紧跟着她的母亲。2if a ship is taken in tow,it is pulled by another ship (船)被拖着走tow/təʊ; NAmEtoʊ/
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tow2 noun
towtow1 /təʊ $ toʊ/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
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to pull a vehicle or ship along behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain: The ship had to be towed into the harbor.tow something away Our car had been towed away.► see thesaurus at
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1[countable] an act of pulling a vehicle behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain: Can you give us a tow to the garage?2in tow informal following closely behind someone or something: Hannah arrived with her four kids in tow. He turned up at my office with two lawyers in tow.3take something in tow to connect a rope or a chain to a vehicle or ship so that it can be towed4under/on tow British English if a ship is under tow or a car is on tow, it is being pulled along by another vehicle
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