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towboat

/toh-boht/US // ˈtoʊˌboʊt //UK // (ˈtəʊˌbəʊt) //

拖船,牵引船,拖轮,拖曳船

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a diesel-powered or steam-powered boat used especially on inland waterways to push groups of barges lashed to it in front or on one side or both.
    • : tugboat.

Examples

  • "Your passenger is not going back with you, sir," he called down over the rail to the towboat captain.

  • "Ain't so sure about that, sir," stated the towboat man, loafing into an easier attitude.

  • The towboat man was not enough interested to listen to statements concerning the Conomo's condition.

  • Both Hicks and Flaherty had grown old in the towboat service and the rules of the road rested lightly on their sordid souls.

  • The towboat men held a council of war and decided to drown Scraggs out.