词汇精选：tow的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

拖拽

例句：

The damaged freighter was taken in tow.

那损坏的货轮被拖着走。

例句：

The lorry was on tow.

那货车被拖着走。

麻的粗纤维，落纤，短麻屑

v.

拖，拉，拽，牵引 [I,T]

例句：

My car towed his car to a garage.

我的车将他的车拖到了汽车修理厂。

例句：

The boat was towed by 2 horses on the bank.

小船由岸上的两匹马拖着前进。

二、词义辨析：

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。

三、相关短语：

tow truck

n. 拖车

ski tow

n. 将滑雪者拉上山坡的吊索

tow car

救援车辆

四、参考例句：

The truck used a cable to tow the automobile.

卡车用缆索拖汽车。

Send a tow line to the tug from the stern.

从船尾送根拖缆给拖轮。

Can you send your tow truck over here?

你们能派辆拖车来吗？

The truck used a cable to tow the car.

卡车用缆索拖曳汽车。

The broken-down car was taken in tow by a lorry.

一辆卡车拉着一辆坏了的汽车。

The motorway is jammed with car tow caravans.

高速公路上挤满了牵引着宿营车的小轿车。

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。

What’s worse, the tow truck that was sent to pull it also got stuck.

更糟糕的是，被派来的拖车也陷入其中。

With children in tow I was planning a more wholesome, though equally as banal, existence.

因为有孩子跟着，我计划过一种更有益健康，但同样平淡无奇的生活。

The border has always been a bone of contention between these tow countries.

这两国之间的边界问题历来是争议的焦点。