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单词 push-towing
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push-towing
push-towing n.
Brit. /ˈpʊʃˌtəʊɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˈpʊʃˌtoʊɪŋ/
the propulsion of a line of connected unpowered barges by a powered tug at each end.
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society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > towing > by specific method
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push-towing1955
1955 F. Marbury Push-towing in Waves (M.S. thesis, Mass. Inst. Technol.) vi. 22 The basic conclusion..is that as far as these tests extend pushtowing in waves is feasible.
1959 G. J. Walker Traffic & Transport in Nigeria iii. 47Push-towing’ has now become the accepted practice. Power craft have two barges lashed to the forequarters, a third being pushed ahead.
1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 Mar. 40/5 The tugs are intended for use in..push-towing of such barges in moderate sea conditions.
1996 D. Hilling Transport & Developing Countries ii. 56 Push-towing was experimented with in Europe in the nineteenth century..but it was in America on the Mississippi that the technology was developed most fully and on a scale not found elsewhere.
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