英:[ˈtaʊə(r)]
美:[ˈtaʊər]
英:[ˈtaʊə(r)]
美:[ˈtaʊər]
复数:towers
第三人称单数:towers
现在分词:towering
过去式:towered
过去分词:towered
词根:tower
adj.towering 高耸的;卓越的;激烈的
v.towering 高翔(tower的ing形式)
noun
a building or structure typically higher than its diameter and high relative to its surroundings that may stand apart (such as a campanile) or be attached (such as a church belfry) to a larger structure and that may be fully walled in or of skeleton framework (such as an observation or transmission tower)
a towering citadel : fortress
one that provides support or protection : bulwark
a tower of strength
a personal computer case that stands in an upright position
verb
intransitive verb
to reach or rise to a great height
to exhibit superior qualities : surpass
her intellect towered over the others'
cooling tower冷却塔
eiffel tower艾菲尔铁塔(位于巴黎塞纳河南岸)
tower crane[机]塔式起重机
water tower水塔
distillation tower蒸馏塔
absorption tower吸收塔
tower abovevt. 远远胜过;大大高出
bell towern. 钟塔,钟楼
clock tower钟楼;钟塔
ivory towern. 象牙塔(指脱离现实生活的小天地)
drum tower鼓楼
television tower电视塔
steel tower钢塔,铁架
packed tower填料塔;[生化]填充塔
transmission tower输电杆塔
bridge tower桥头堡;桥塔;索塔
tower structure塔式结构;框架式结构
leaning tower斜塔
control tower(机场)指挥塔台,控制塔
tower bridgen. 塔桥(在英国伦敦泰晤士河上的两端各有一塔)
古英语 torr “塔楼,瞭望塔”,源自拉丁语 turris “塔楼,城堡,高层建筑”(也是古法语 tor,11世纪,现代法语 tour; 西班牙语,意大利语 torre “塔楼”的来源),可能来自前印欧地中海语言。意思是“高耸的堆或块”,记录于14世纪中叶。13世纪也单独借用了 tour,来自古法语 tur; 现代拼写(1520年代)代表了两种形式的合并。
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塔架
Noun Middle English tour, tor, from Old English torr & Anglo-French tur, tour, both from Latin turris, from Greek tyrris, tyrsis
The first known use of tower was before the 12th century
towlinenoun
a line used in towing
tow1 of 3verb
to draw or pull along behind
tow2 of 3noun
a line or rope for towing
an act or instance of towing or the fact or condition of being towed
something (as a barge) that tows or is towed
tow3 of 3noun
short broken fiber from flax, hemp, or jute used for yarn, twine, or stuffing
yarn or cloth made of tow
towheenoun
a finch of eastern North America in which the male has a black back, a white belly, and reddish sidesalso: any of various related birds mostly of the western U.S. and Canada
towheadnoun
a person with very light blond hair
tower1 of 2noun
a tall narrow building or structure that may stand by itself or be attached to a larger structure
citadel sense 1
tower2 of 2verb
to reach or rise to a great height
toweringadjective
rising high : tall towering skyscrapers
towering mountain peaks
reaching a high point of strength or force
a towering rage
going beyond proper bounds
towering ambitions
tower1 of 2noun
a tall narrow building or structure that may stand by itself or be attached to a larger structure
citadel sense 1
tower2 of 2verb
to reach or rise to a great height
tower1 of 2noun
a tall narrow building or structure that may stand by itself or be attached to a larger structure
citadel sense 1
tower2 of 2verb
to reach or rise to a great height
1 We all know what made the towers fall.
2 Every night Leander swam across to her, guided by the light, some say of the lighthouse in Sestus, some of a torch Hero always set blazing on the top of a tower.
3 Moniek glanced at the guard in the tower, made sure he was not watching, then thrust out his own chest in hilarious imitation.
4 They were last seen on the Hogwarts tower with your niece when they disappeared.
5 The tower is fifty feet in height.
塔高五十英尺.
6 Shackleton, restless as always, was standing on an ice hill that the men frequently used for a lookout tower.
7 Closer to the towers, corpses littered the ground on every side.
8 The tower ordered the plane to taxi the full length of the runway.
塔台指挥人员命令该机在跑道上滑行全程.
9 Fragments of burning debris had fallen into the space between the iron stack and the inner walls of the tower, made of smooth white pine.
10 Chestnutt squealed in fright, and I clenched every muscle as the tower began to lean to one side.
11 A Norman would hardly have recognized it as a castle, except for the pele tower.
12 Underwater surveys of the area northeast of the island clearly show remnants of the tower toppled in that direction, with more than two thousand of its blocks Uttering the harbor bed.
13 I want to go to London's Tower Bridge.
我想要去英国伦敦的塔桥。
14 I’d told them all about the Manchurian Fire Thrower, the untimely demise of Junior Haskell, the explosion at the water tower, and the unfortunate dousing of the victory quilt.
15 "Most of them, they think it was some battle. A siege, a burning tower, an enemy with a torch. One fool asked if it was dragonsbreath."
16 Dad ends the call and sets his phone down on his desk, leaning it against one of the yarmulke towers.
17 There was nothing much to do, and yet you had to stay alert: That was the joy and difficulty of a day in a wall tower.
18 The Riders of Rohan sat uneasily upon their horses, on either side of the stair, and looked up darkly at the great tower, fearing what might befall their lord.
19 The Wall stretched east and west as far as the eye could see, so huge that it shrunk the timbered keeps and stone towers of the castle to insignificance.
20 He’s a step above me, and now he towers over me.
1 猛烈
slambang hard sound smart wild severe violent rude furious drastic stormy heady shrewd boisterous impetuous tearing fulminant swingeing smack bump bang violence fury sledgehammer like a house on fire like blazes like sin like fury like mad
4 超出
6 激烈
strong lively heated drastic rampant rabid cut-throat intemperate voluble sorely flaming fury acrimony like blazes
8 杰出
splendent great big fine excellent chief outstanding brilliant exceptional remarkable wizard uncommon mega stellar standout splendid illustrious pre-eminent transcendent exceeding drop-dead star prize distinction goodness primacy distinguish
9 卓越的
bonzer right-on great brilliant divine noble singular paramount eminent colossal pre-eminent transcendent def supereminent star surpass
10 高层建筑
15 高飞
19 矗立
21 卓越
bonzer right-on great brilliant divine noble singular paramount eminent colossal pre-eminent transcendent def supereminent star consequence excellence perfection dignity singularity primacy surpass
24 猛烈的
slambang hard sound smart wild severe violent rude furious drastic stormy heady shrewd boisterous impetuous tearing fulminant swingeing sledgehammer like mad
26 托尔
27 高耸的
28 高耸
dominant aspiring lofty towering eminent soaring towery top peak dominate aspire soar domineer tall high-rise rise rear high large-statured lift topping peaked
29 超越
superior transcendence past rise exceed outreach better top overtake transcend transgress outclass forerun overpeer go beyond
30 杰出的
splendent great big fine excellent chief outstanding brilliant exceptional remarkable wizard uncommon mega stellar standout splendid illustrious pre-eminent transcendent exceeding drop-dead star prize
31 碉堡
33 屹立
34 胜过
exceeding up circumvention lick prevail transcend overcrow have take better top pass skin trump beat distance rank cap exceed bang outreach sack surpass outweigh thrash outpace outdo paragon outstrip flog outplay outshine overplay outgun overtop outmatch outdistance outgo overmatch overweigh outvie outbalance