tow

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /təʊ/    美 /toʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
    — It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow.
  2. An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute. countable,uncountable
    — And the strong shall be as towe, and the maker of it as a sparke, and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them.
  3. Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
  4. The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line). countable,specifically,uncountable
  5. Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
  6. A rope or cable used in towing.
  7. A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.
    — On Saturday, Vettel was very unhappy with Leclerc's failure to work out a way through the traffic and give him a tow for the second runs in qualifying, as had been agreed.
动词 v.
  1. To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue. transitive
    — Near-synonyms: draw, haul, pull, trail
  2. To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance. usually

词形变化

tows present,singular,third-person towing participle,present towed participle,past towed past tows plural tows plural

词汇关系

近义词
hards oakum
衍生词
aerotow betow heretog towable towage towaway towback towball towboat towbody towee tower towfish towline towmaster townet towpath towrope towship towtruck untowed wantoe in tow on tow ski tow tow bar tow hitch tow iron tow ring tow rope tow truck under tow undertow towy swingling tow tow-colored tow haired tow-haired towhead towheaded towlike tow linen towsack
相关词
taw

词源

词源 1
From Middle English towen, from Old English togian, from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.
See also Middle High German zogen, German ziehen, Dutch tijgen, Old Norse toga.
词源 2
From Middle English touw, from Old English tow- (“spinning”) (in compounds, e.g. towcræft, towhūs, towlic), from Proto-Germanic *tawwą; compare Old Norse tó (“uncleansed wool”), Dutch touw (“rope”). Perhaps cognate with Old English tawian (“prepare for use”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “do, make”).
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