tugboat

pronunciation

UK [ˈtʌgˌbəʊt]word uk audio image

US [ˈtʌɡˌbot] word us audio image

  • n.
    (拖、推其他船只进出港口和码头的大马力)拖船
    拖驳
    拖轮
    推舱

Word Origin

Example

1. China 's financial regulators are beginning to look like tugboat captains on a speedboat .
中国金融监管者现在看起来像是驾驶着快艇的拖船船长。
2. Using weapons sent overland from tunisia and smuggled by tugboat , the fighters besieged qaddafi 's forces .
利用通过陆路从突尼斯运进来并通过海上拖船走私的武器,自由战士们包围了卡扎菲的部队。
3. He was in the harbor , on a tugboat , when the carpathia sliced through the fog .
当卡帕提亚号冒着烟雾前行时,他正在海港的一艘拖船里。
4. This can reap real benefits : in the netherlands service costs dropped by a quarter after a new tugboat operator entered .
这能收获真正的实惠:荷兰在引入新的拖船经营者之后,其服务成本下降了四分之一。
5. They showed that just one heavy-duty tugboat can make the trip in about 140 days while dragging an iceberg weighing 7 million tons - enough to meet the annual water consumption of 35000 people .
测试结果显示只需一艘重型拖船就能将700万吨重的冰山在约140天内托送到位,这足够满足35000人一年的水需求量。

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