tow

US [toʊ]
UK [təʊ]
Simple Present：tows  Present Participle：towing  Past Tense：towed  

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Tow
v.
— see also
tow bar
,
tow rope
1.
~ sth (away)
（用绳索或链条）拖，拉，牵引，拽to pull a car or boat behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain
Our car was towed away by the police.
我们的汽车被警察拖走了。
n.
1.
[sing]
（车、船等的）牵引，拽引an act of one vehicle pulling another vehicle using a rope or chain
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
IDM
She turned up with her mother in tow.
她露面了，后面紧跟着她的母亲。
in tow
(informal)
紧随着；陪伴着if you have sbin tow , they are with you and following closely behind
She turned up with her mother in tow.
她露面了，后面紧跟着她的母亲。
（船）被拖着走if a ship is takenin tow , it is pulled by another ship

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1.
I did not want to hear that I could not set forth to seek Hallows with a fragile and unstable sister in tow.
我不想听说我被一个虚弱的、很不稳定的妹妹拖累着，不能前去寻找圣器。
wǒ bù xiǎng tīng shuō wǒ bèi yī gè xū ruò de 、 hěn bù wěn dìng de mèi mèi tuō lěi zhe , bù néng qián qù xún zhǎo shèng qì 。
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2.
The humanization of a mechanized world, through our identification with it, is what takes place in Tony the Tow Truck.
机械化世界的人格化，我们确认后这样认为，这是《拖车托尼》的特点。
jī xiè huà shì jiè de rén gé huà , wǒ men què rèn hòu zhè yàng rèn wéi , zhè shì 《 tuō chē tuō ní 》 de tè diǎn 。
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3.
of course, i love junk food too, and i eat it tow or three times a week, oh, and i sleep nine hours every night.
当然，我喜欢垃圾食品，我吃一个星期拖车或三次，哦，我每天晚上都睡九个小时。
dāng rán , wǒ xǐ huan lā jī shí pǐn , wǒ chī yī gè xīng qī tuō chē huò sān cì , ò , wǒ měi tiān wǎn shang dōu shuì jiǔ gè xiǎo shí 。
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4.
His mother confined him to his room for the weekend because he was going to have a final exam in tow weeks.
他妈妈周末把他限制在家中，因为两周后他就要参加期末考试了。
tā mā mā zhōu mò bǎ tā xiàn zhì zài jiā zhōng , yīn wèi liǎng zhōu hòu tā jiù yào cān jiā qī mò kǎo shì le 。
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5.
They both orbited Earth and sort of rose in the sky together, the smaller one trailing a few steps behind like a little sister in tow.
双月同时环绕地球，几乎同时升上夜空，较小的一个尾随在较大的一个月亮后面，看上去就像双胞胎中的妹妹，甘当姐姐的小尾巴。
shuāng yuè tóng shí huán rào dì qiú , jī hū tóng shí shēng shàng yè kōng , jiào xiǎo de yī gè wěi suí zài jiào dà de yī gè yuè liàng hòu mian , kàn shàng qù jiù xiàng shuāng bāo tāi zhōng de mèi mèi , gān dāng jiě jie de xiǎo wěi ba 。
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"Fire's the only way to get rid of this stuff, " said Bill as they tied an old tire to the tow bar with a 50-foot chain.
“火是唯一可以去除这种东西的方法，”比尔说，这时他们用一条长50英尺的链条将一个旧轮胎系上了拖车杆。
" huǒ shì wéi yī kě yǐ qù chú zhè zhǒng dōng xi de fāng fǎ , " bǐ ěr shuō , zhè shí tā men yòng yī tiáo cháng wǔ shí yīng chǐ de liàn tiáo jiāng yī gè jiù lún tāi xì shàng le tuō chē gǎn 。
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7.
Now I introduce you to this tow novels what I prefer , and I wish you will like them!
现在我给你们介绍这两本我喜欢的小说，我希望你们会喜欢。
xiàn zài wǒ gěi nǐ men jiè shào zhè liǎng běn wǒ xǐ huan de xiǎo shuō , wǒ xī wàng nǐ men huì xǐ huan 。
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The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow.
第三个可能告诉你他看一个女人尝试带着四个孩子越过街道。
dì sān gè kě néng gào su nǐ tā kàn yī gè nǚ rén cháng shì dài zhe sì gè hái zi yuè guò jiē dào 。
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9.
If you want to show me a few pages of your new book in a day or tow. i would be pleased.
如果你愿意在这一两天内给我看你的这本新书几页的话。我会很高兴的。
rú guǒ nǐ yuàn yì zài zhè yì liǎng tiān nèi gěi wǒ kàn nǐ de zhè běn xīn shū jǐ yè de huà 。 wǒ huì hěn gāo xìng de 。
goabroad.zhishi.sohu.com
10.
Tow grapes. Who would have thought a pair of tainted red grapes could cause so much economic and political pandemonium?
两颗葡萄。谁能想到，两颗污染的葡萄竟会在经济和政治上引起如此大的混乱。
liǎng kē pú táo 。 shuí néng xiǎng dào , liǎng kē wū rǎn de pú táo jìng huì zài jīng jì hé zhèng zhì shàng yǐn qǐ rú cǐ dà de hùn luàn 。
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