英语词汇“tugboats”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

tugboats

释义

tug /tug/

transitive verb (tuggˈing; tugged)

intransitive verb

noun

A forcible or jerking pull
A hard struggle
A rope or chain for pulling
A name for various parts of harness, such as a trace or a loop to receive a shaft
A tugboat
An aeroplane towing a glider

ORIGIN: ME toggen, intensive, from root of OE tēon; cf tow¹

tuggˈer noun

A person who tugs

tuggˈing noun and adjective

tuggˈingly adverb

tugˈboat noun

A towing vessel

tug-of-loveˈ noun

A dispute over the guardianship of a child, eg between divorced parents, or natural and foster parents (also adjective)

tug-of-warˈ noun

A laborious contest
A contest in which opposing teams tug at a rope and strive to pull one another over a line

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