tugboat + verb (pull/push/assist)
拖船作为主语，后接表示拖、推或协助的动词。
A tugboat pulled the cargo ship into the harbor.
一艘拖船将货轮拖进港口。
拖船；拖轮
一种小型强力船只,用于推动或拉动驳船或协助操纵较大船只。；一种设计用于拖拉或推动大型船只的小型强力船；拖船；[化] 拖轮
一种小型强力船只,用于推动或拉动驳船或协助操纵较大船只。
A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
一种设计用于拖拉或推动大型船只的小型强力船
a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
The tugboat slowly pulled the large cargo ship out of the harbor.
拖船慢慢地把那艘大货船拖出了港口。
用法提示：tugboat 作名词，指用来拖拽大型船只的小型强力船只。
A tugboat helped guide the cruise liner safely into the dock.
一艘拖船帮助引导邮轮安全驶入码头。
用法提示：tugboat 作主语，表示执行拖带或引导任务的拖船。
The harbor was busy, and two tugboats were waiting near the entrance.
港口很繁忙，两艘拖船正在入口附近等候。
用法提示：tugboats 是 tugboat 的复数形式，指多艘拖船。
拖船作为主语，后接表示拖、推或协助的动词。
A tugboat pulled the cargo ship into the harbor.
一艘拖船将货轮拖进港口。
动词（如operate, use, drive）后接拖船作为宾语。
The harbor pilot operates a tugboat to guide large vessels.
港口引航员操作拖船来引导大型船只。
拖船后接表示地点或方向的介词短语。
Several tugboats are stationed at the port entrance.
几艘拖船驻扎在港口入口处。
与 tugboat 完全同义，是更简短、日常更常用的说法；作名词指船时可直接互换，但 tug 还可作动词表示‘拖、拉’。
多用于内河或运河，强调顶推驳船；在协助大型船舶进出港的语境中不如 tug 常用。
强调顶推功能，通常指内河中与驳船刚性连接、迎面推动的船；不用于表示拖带。
grammar · medium
易错句子The ship tugboated into the harbor.
正确表达The tugboat pulled the ship into the harbor.
中文学习者常将“tugboat”误用作动词，但它是一个名词，表示“拖船”。正确的表达应使用动词“pull”等来描述动作。
grammar · medium
易错句子We saw tugboat in the port.
正确表达We saw a tugboat in the port.
“tugboat”是可数名词，在单数形式前需要加冠词。错误句中缺少冠词，应补上“a”。
强力拖船
The powerful tugboat pulled the huge container ship out of the harbor.
那艘强力拖船把巨大的集装箱船拖出了港口。
港口拖船
A harbor tugboat assists large vessels as they dock.
港口拖船协助大船靠泊。
拖船船长
The tugboat captain skillfully maneuvered the barge through the narrow channel.
拖船船长熟练地操纵驳船通过狭窄的水道。
拖船船员
The tugboat crew worked together to secure the towline.
拖船船员们齐心协力系好拖缆。
拖船队
The port's tugboat fleet includes several modern vessels.
这个港口的拖船队拥有几艘现代船只。
远洋拖船
An ocean-going tugboat can tow drilling platforms across the sea.
远洋拖船可以拖着钻井平台横渡大海。
tug (root: 拖) + boat (root: 船)
小图特是一艘小拖船。
This is the opening line of the classic picture book 'Little Toot', about a small tugboat that saves a ship in a storm.
这是经典绘本《小图特》的开头，讲的是一艘小拖船在暴风雨中拯救一艘大船的故事。
发长 /oʊ/ 音 (如 boat, coat)
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