剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - tow collapse

tow
[UK]/təʊ/ [US]/toʊ/
verb [T]
* to pull a car, boat, etc. along, using a rope or a chain tied to another vehicle or boat
拖，拉，牵引（车、船等）

1. You shouldn't drive fast when your car is towing a caravan.
汽车在拖动活动住房时不能开快车。

2. The road was closed while the vehicles that had been involved in the accident were towed away/off.
在发生交通事故的车辆被拖走时，这条道路被封闭。

3. The damaged boat was towed to safety.
受损船只被拖至安全区。

[UK]/təʊ/ [US]/toʊ/
verb [T]
phrasal verb [often passive] tow sth away
* to lift a vehicle that has been parked illegally onto an official truck and take it to a place from which you have to pay to collect it
拖走（违规停放的车辆）

1. You're not allowed to park here - your car will be towed away.
这里不准停车——你的车会被拖走的。

[UK]/təʊ/ [US]/toʊ/
noun
give sb/sth a tow
* to pull someone's vehicle using a rope or chain tied to your vehicle
拖，拉

1. When my car broke down, a police car gave me a tow to the nearest garage.
我的车抛锚后，一辆警车把我的车拖至最近的汽车维修站。

on tow UK (US in tow) (Australian also under tow)
* being pulled along
被拖着

1. The car in front of us is on tow - that's why we're going so slowly.
我们前面的那辆车是被拖着走的——这就是我们的车开得这么慢的原因。

2. The damaged boat drifted for days before it was finally taken in tow.
这条受损的船漂流了几天，终于被拖走。

[UK]/təʊ/ [US]/toʊ/
noun
in tow informal
* If you go somewhere with a particular person in tow, they are with you
带着；有…紧跟在后

1. She arrived at the party, with a tall, silver-haired man in tow.
她来参加派对时带着一个高个子银发男子。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - tow collapse

tow ★★☆☆☆
1.VERB 动词拖;拉;牵引 If one vehicle tows another, it pulls it along behind it.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V n with adv

【语法信息】：V n prep

【搭配模式】：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。

2.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.

【搭配模式】：with n PHR

【语域标签】：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。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - tow collapse

tow
tow / tEu; NAmE tou / verb [VN]
   to pull a car or boat behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain
   (用绳索)拖,拉,牵引,拽:
   Our car was towed away by the police.
   我们的汽车被警察拖走了。
⇨ see also tow bar , tow rope
⇨ note at pull noun [sing.]
   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
 IDIOMS 
▪ in tow
1. (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。
2. if a ship is taken in tow, it is pulled by another ship
   (船)被拖着走

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - tow collapse

tow

I. noun

• VERB + TOW give sb A truck driver gave me a ~ to the nearest garage.

• TOW + NOUN bar, line (usually towline), rope | truck (esp. AmE), vehicle

• PREPOSITION in ~ (usually figurative) a harassed mother with three small children in ~ | under ~ The ship, whose engine had failed, is now safely under ~.

II. verb

Tow is used with these nouns as the object: barge, car, caravan, trailer, vehicle

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - tow collapse

tow
 see in tow.

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - tow collapse

tow verb
⇨ pull 1

新牛津英语同义词词典 - tow collapse

tow

verb
a garage man called to tow the car away
PULL , draw, drag, haul, tug, trail, lug, heave, trawl, hoist, transport; informal yank.

noun
a tow to the garage costs from £95 to £155
TUG , towing, haul, pull, drawing, drag, trailing, trawl.
in tow they arrived with several young children in tow
ACCOMPANYING , following, in attendance, in convoy, by one's side, in one's charge, under one's protection.

词源记忆 - tow collapse

tow 拖，拉，牵引
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。