tugboat

[tˈʌɡbˌot] /ˈtəg-ˌbōt How to pronounce tugboat (audio)/ (ame, mw)

tugboat — 名詞

1. a small but very strong work boat that helps move much larger ships by pulling t

1.名詞B2
釋義

拖船

在港口協助大船移動的小工作船

a small but very strong work boat that helps move much larger ships by pulling them with a line or pressing against them in the water

例句

At sunrise, a tugboat pulled the stalled ferry away from the pier.

日出時，一艘拖船把拋錨的渡輪從碼頭邊拉開。

tugboat + pull vessel away from pier

Salma photographed a tugboat nudging a cargo ship toward the narrow dock.

Salma 拍下了一艘拖船把貨船慢慢頂向狹窄碼頭的畫面。

tugboat + nudge ship toward dock

同義詞
  • towboat

    close general synonym, though American river use can make it more specific to barge work

  • harbor tug

    narrower term for a tugboat working around docks and berths

  • pushboat

    usually means a flat-bowed inland vessel that pushes barges from behind

文法句型

a/the tugboat

by tugboat

tugboat + pull/push + ship

用法筆記

Usually refers to the powerful helper boat working near docks, channels, or other tight water spaces. In American inland-river use, a flatter vessel that mainly pushes barges may instead be called a towboat or pushboat.

常見錯誤

❌The tugboat carried beach tourists around the bay.
✅The tugboat pulled the damaged ferry away from the bay entrance.
💡A tugboat is mainly used to move other vessels, not to give ordinary passenger rides.