"tugboat" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 拖船

Definition

拖船是一種小型而有力的船，通常用於在港口、碼頭或狹窄水域拖拽或推動大型船隻。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「拖船」只指幫大型船隻拖動或推動的小型工作船，多用於港口或水路運輸相關場合，不用於娛樂船隻。常見搭配有「港口拖船」、「拖船船長」。

Examples

The tugboat pulled the big ship into the harbor.

**拖船**把大船拉進了港口。

A tugboat is smaller than most ships.

**拖船**比大多數船隻都小。

The port has three tugboats ready for work.

港口有三艘**拖船**隨時待命。

Without a tugboat, those massive ships can't even dock on their own.

沒有**拖船**，那些巨大的船隻甚至無法自行靠岸。

The old tugboat looked worn out from years of heavy work.

這艘老**拖船**經過多年辛勞，看起來很破舊。

Sometimes you see a tiny tugboat pulling a huge tanker—it's pretty impressive!

有時候你會看到一艘小小的**拖船**正在拖著一艘巨型油輪——真的很震撼！