tow

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

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n.
1.
【印,纺】落纤;短麻屑;亚麻短缆维,丝束
2.
亚麻色头发
3.
用绳拖曳;拖绳;拖船;拖车
v.
1.
(人,马等沿岸)拉(纤等);(一船用绳子)拖(其他的船);用绳子牵(牛等);拖着走,拉着(孩子)走;在水面上拉(标本采集纲)
abbr.
1.
(=tube-launched optically-tracked wire-guided (anti-tank missile))“陶”式反坦克导弹
2.
(=take-off weight)起飞全重

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AllAll,落纤落纤,短麻屑短麻屑,丝束丝束,亚麻色头发亚麻色头发,拉拉,拖拖,牵引牵引,拖曳拖曳,拖曳所用之绳拖曳所用之绳
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1.
The rusting hulk, first purchased privately, was towed to China via Macau, prompting early speculation that it might be used for a casino.
生锈的废船，第一次购买私人，被拖到中国经澳门，促使早日猜测，这可能是一个赌场使用。
shēng xiù de fèi chuán , dì yī cì gòu mǎi sī rén , bèi tuō dào zhōng guó jīng ào mén , cù shǐ zǎo rì cāi cè , zhè kě néng shì yī gè dǔ chǎng shǐ yòng 。
club.mil.news.sina.com.cn
2.
As its engine and some other vitals had been damaged, the ship had to be towed into the shipyard for check and repairs.
由于其引擎和其他一些重要零件出了故障，那艘船只好被拖回船坞去检查维修。
yóu yú qí yǐn qíng hé qí tā yì xiē zhòng yào líng jiàn chū le gù zhàng , nà sōu chuán zhī hǎo bèi tuō huí chuán wù qù jiǎn chá wéi xiū 。
blog.sina.com.cn
3.
During the sea battle, a South Korean patrol boat hit by a North Korean patrol boat sank as it was being towed back.
在这次海战中，有一艘南韩巡逻艇遭北韩巡逻艇击中，在拖引返航途中沉没。
zài zhè cì hǎi zhàn zhōng , yǒu yī sōu nán hán xún luó tǐng zāo běi hán xún luó tǐng jī zhòng , zài tuō yǐn fǎn háng tú zhōng chén mò 。
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4.
My car had been towed away. I asked why this had been done and told that . . . it had been parked under a "No Parking Sign" .
当我回来时，发现我的车被弄走了。我问他们为什么这么干。他们告诉我说因为我把车停在“禁止停车”的禁区。
dāng wǒ huí lái shí , fā xiàn wǒ de chē bèi nòng zǒu le 。 wǒ wèn tā men wèi shén me zhè me gàn 。 tā men gào su wǒ shuō yīn wèi wǒ bǎ chē tíng zài " jìn zhǐ tíng chē " de jìn qū 。
zhidao.baidu.com
5.
the trajectory of the towed vehicle can be effectively controlled by means of the proposed depth trajectory control system.
借助这一系统，可以有效地实现对拖曳体的深度轨迹控制。
jiè zhù zhè yī xì tǒng , kě yǐ yǒu xiào de shí xiàn duì tuō yè tǐ de shēn dù guǐ jì kòng zhì 。
www.magsci.org
6.
Would you believe it his MGA limped into the hotel and had to be towed away next day.
你会相信他的MGA的进入酒店一瘸一拐，不得不被拖走第二天。
nǐ huì xiāng xìn tā de MGA de jìn rù jiǔ diàn yī qué yī guǎi , bù dé bù bèi tuō zǒu dì èr tiān 。
blog.sina.com.cn
7.
The results, being eaten fish still escape the fate, eventually towed back to an old worn out to fish bones.
结果，大鱼仍难逃被吃光的命运，最终，老人筋疲力竭地拖回一副鱼骨头。
jié guǒ , dà yú réng nán táo bèi chī guāng de mìng yùn , zuì zhōng , lǎo rén jīn pí lì jié de tuō huí yī fù yú gǔ tou 。
www.guxiaz.cn
8.
The Chinese company had the ship towed to Guangdong Province, where it planned to convert the ship into a floating museum .
中船公司已被拖往广东省并计划把它变成一个浮动船博物馆。
zhōng chuán gōng sī yǐ bèi tuō wǎng guǎng dōng shěng bìng jì huà bǎ tā biàn chéng yī gè fú dòng chuán bó wù guǎn 。
www.bing.com
9.
Just two weeks ago, a Russian nuclear icebreaker had a radioactive leak and had to be towed back to port from the icy Kara Sea.
就在两个星期之前，才有一艘俄罗斯核动力破冰船在冰冷的喀拉海（KaraSea）发生了放射性物质泄漏，不得不被拖回港口。
jiù zài liǎng gè xīng qī zhī qián , cái yǒu yī sōu é luó sī hé dòng lì pò bīng chuán zài bīng lěng de kā lā hǎi ( KaraSea ) fā shēng le fàng shè xìng wù zhì xiè lòu , bù dé bù bèi tuō huí gǎng kǒu 。
dongxi.net
10.
It means that aircraft can be towed closer to a runway before take-off, substantially reducing the time that engines need to be running.
这就意味着飞机在起飞前将会被拖到就近的跑道，最大化地减少了发动机运行的时间。
zhè jiù yì wèi zhe fēi jī zài qǐ fēi qián jiāng huì bèi tuō dào jiù jìn de pǎo dào , zuì dà huà de jiǎn shǎo le fā dòng jī yùn xíng de shí jiān 。
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