tow

谐音“拖”。

tow 拖，拉，牵引

来自古英语 togian,拖，拉，来自 Proto-Germanic*tugojanan,拖，拉，来自 PIE*deuk,拖，拉， 词源同 duct,tie.引申诸相关词义。

tow

tow: English has two words tow. The older, ‘pull’ [OE], came from a prehistoric Germanic *togōjan (source also of Norwegian toga ‘pull’). This was derived from the base *tog-, variants of which gave English team, tug, etc, and it goes back ultimately to the same Indo-European base as produced Latin dūcere ‘pull, lead’ (source of English conduct, duke, etc). Tow ‘flax or hemp fibre’ [14] was borrowed from Middle Low German touw.

This probably went back to the prehistoric Germanic base *tōw-, *taw- ‘make, prepare’ (source also of English tool), in the specialized sense ‘make yarn from wool, spin’.
=> conduct, duct, duke, educate, team, teem, tie, tug; tool

tow (v.)

"pull with a rope," Old English togian "to drag, pull," from Proto-Germanic *tugojanan (cognates: Old English teon "to draw," Old Frisian togia "to pull about," Old Norse toga, Old High German zogon, German ziehen "to draw, pull, drag"), from PIE root *deuk- "to pull, draw" (cognates: Latin ducere "to lead;" see duke (n.)). Related: Towed; towing.

tow (n.1)

"the coarse, broken fibers of flax, hemp, etc., separated from the finer parts," late 14c., probably from Old English tow- "spinning" (in towlic "fit for spinning," tow-hus "spinning-room"), perhaps cognate with Gothic taujan "to do, make," Middle Dutch touwen "to knit, weave," from Proto-Germanic *taw- "to manufacture" (see taw (v.)).

tow (n.2)

c. 1600, "rope used in towing," from tow (v.). Meaning "act or fact of being towed" is from 1620s.

1. There she was on my doorstep with child in tow.

她站在我门口，身后跟着一个孩子。

2. I can give you a tow if you want.

如果你愿意，我可以拖带你的车。

3. See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy.

瞧他们对上级唯命是从的样子是多么愚蠢啊。

4. She had a reporter and a photographer in tow.

她有一个记者和一名摄影师追随着。

5. The broken - down car was taken in tow by a lorry.

那辆坏了的车由一辆货车拖着.

【draw, jerk, tow, pull, drag, haul, tug】
这组词都有“拖、拉”的意思，其区别是：
draw: 指将人或物朝出力者的方向拖，不涉及力的大小，含平稳意味，常作借喻用。
jerk: 指快而突然地拉。
tow: 特指用绳子或链条等拖或拉本身无动力或无法使用自身动力的东西。
pull: 最普通用词，包含本组其它各词的一些意思，可指朝各个方向拉，侧重一时或突然拉动的动作。
drag: 指沿斜坡而上或水平方向缓慢地拖或拉十分沉重的人或物。作借喻时可指把人硬拉扯过来。
haul: 指用力拖或拉，不涉及方向，多作航海用词。
tug: 多指一阵阵地用力拖或拉，但不一定使被拉的人或物移动。