pushboat
pushboat — 片語
1. a strong, flat-fronted boat designed to push barges along a river or canal rathe
頂推船
用於頂推駁船的大型動力船
a strong, flat-fronted boat designed to push barges along a river or canal rather than pull them
The Mississippi River pushboat guided a dozen barges through the narrow channel near St. Louis.
那艘密西西比河頂推船在聖路易斯附近引導十二艘駁船通過狹窄的河道。
collocation: Mississippi River pushboat; quantifier: a dozen barges
Hana watched the pushboat slowly nudge the heavy grain barges into the lock.
Hana 看著頂推船慢慢將滿載穀物的駁船推進水閘。
A powerful pushboat is needed to move twenty fully loaded barges against the current.
需要一艘大馬力的頂推船，才能把二十艘滿載的駁船逆流往上推。
Ryo steered the pushboat against the stern of the lead barge and pushed it forward.
Ryo 將頂推船頂住最前面那艘駁船的船尾，然後向前推進。
Andrés works on a pushboat hauling coal barges along the Kanawha River.
Andrés 在一艘頂推船上工作，沿卡諾瓦河運送煤炭駁船。
- towboat
used interchangeably on US rivers, though strictly a towboat can also pull barges on some systems
- pusher tug
commonly used in British English and European inland shipping
用法筆記
The term is most common on US inland waterways where barges are pushed rather than towed. In British English the same vessel is often called a pusher tug or push-tug.