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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tow \Tow\, n. [OE. tow, AS. tow, akin to OD. touw, Icel. ? a
   tuft of wool for spinning; cf. E. taw, v.t.]
   The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from
   the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

Tow \Tow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Towed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Towing}.] [OE. towen, to?en; akin to OFries. toga to pull
   about, OHG. zog[=o]n, Icel. toga, AS. tohline a towline, and
   AS.te['o]n to draw, p. p. getogen. See {Tug}]
   To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind,
   by means of a rope.

Tow \Tow\, n. [Cf. Icel. taug a rope, from the same root as E.
   tow, v. t.]
   1. A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

   2. The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly
      used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

   3. That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge,
      raft, collection of boats, ect.

资料来源 : WordNet®

tow
     n : the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a
         hitch or rope; "the truck gave him a tow to the garage"
         [syn: {towage}]

tow
     v : drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal"