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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
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
拖船；拖轮
a small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels
A tugboat pulled the cargo ship into the harbor.
一艘拖船将货轮拖进港口。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
The ship tugboated into the harbor.
Use this
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。
Not this
We saw tugboat in the port.
Use this
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”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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)
Use tugboat naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆：tug（拖拽）+boat（船）→ 在港口拽拉大船的小型强力船，即拖船。
语域：neutral 常见场景：港口作业、船舶操作 这个词（拖船）是标准常用词，多用于航运、港口或船舶操作的场合，口语和书面语都适用，没有明显的正式或非正式限制。
这些词都与 tugboat 中的 -boat 押韵，词尾读 /oʊt/。注意 oa 在 broad /brɔːd/ 中读 /ɔː/，不能照 boat 类推；tug 的 u 读 /ʌ/，不是 /ʊ/ 或 /uː/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.