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tower

美 [ˈtaʊər]英 [ˈtaʊə(r)]
  • n.塔;(尤指教堂或城堡的)塔楼;(电视或无线电信号的)发射塔;高柜;高架子;建筑物的塔形部分
  • v.远远高于,远远超过;高耸,超越

复数: towers 过去式: towered 现在分词: towering 过去分词: towered 第三人称单数: towers

towertower

noun

1

塔;建筑物的塔形部分;(尤指教堂或城堡的)塔楼
a tall narrow building or part of a building, especially of a church or castle

a clock/bell tower

钟楼

the Tower of London

伦敦塔

the Eiffel Tower

埃菲尔铁塔

2

(电视或无线电信号的)发射塔
a tall structure used for sending television or radio signals

a television tower

电视塔

3

高柜;高架子
a tall piece of furniture used for storing things

a CD tower

光盘柜

习语

a person that you can rely on to help, protect and comfort you when you are in trouble

verb

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tower

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 塔;塔楼
    A tower is a tall, narrow building, that either stands alone or forms part of another building such as a church or castle.

    ...an eleventh century castle with 120-foot high towers.

    带有 120 英尺高塔的 11 世纪城堡

  • 2
    VERB (比周围的人或物)高出许多;屹立
    Someone or something that towers over surrounding people or things is a lot taller than they are.

    He stood up and towered over her...

    他站起身来,比她高出许多。

  • 3
    N-COUNT (无线电或电视信号的)发射塔
    A tower is a tall structure that is used for sending radio or television signals.

    Troops are still in control of the television and radio tower.

    军队仍然控制着电视和广播发射塔。

  • 4
    N-COUNT 同tower block
    A tower is the same as a tower block .

    ...his design for a new office tower in Frankfurt.

    他为法兰克福一栋新写字楼所作的设计

  • 5
    N-COUNT 立式机箱
    A tower is a tall box that contains the main parts of a computer, such as the hard disk and the drives.

  • 6
    See also:clock tower;control tower;ivory tower

  • 7
    PHRASE (在危难时)可依靠的人,主心骨,支柱
    If you refer to someone as a tower of strength, you appreciate them because they give you a lot of help, support, and encouragement when you have problems or are in a difficult situation.

    Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family.

    帕特是我们全家人的主心骨。

noun

1
a structure taller than its diameter;can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
2
a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
Synonym: tugboat tug towboat
3
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
the test tube held a column of white powder
a tower of dust rose above the horizon
a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite
Synonym: column pillar

verb

1
appear very large or occupy a commanding position
The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain
Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall
Synonym: loom predominate hulk

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  1. The tower offers a breathtaking panorama of Prague .

    从塔上可看到壮丽的布拉格全景。

  2. The tower is leaning dangerously .

    那座塔越来越斜,很危险。

  3. The church tower was a prominent feature in the landscape .

    教堂的尖塔曾经是此地景观的重要特色。

  4. The view from the top of the tower was spectacular .

    从塔顶远眺景色蔚为壮观。

  5. She lives in a tower block on an estate in London .

    她住在伦敦某住宅区的一栋高楼里。

  6. The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks .

    这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。

  7. The towers are made of steel cased in granite .

    这些塔楼是钢结构,花岗岩贴面。

  8. The tower stands 30 metres high .

    塔高30米。

  9. The cathedral 's white towers climb gracefully into the sky .

    大教堂白色的塔楼优雅庄重地耸入云霄。

  10. The great beeches towered up towards the sky .

    一棵棵山毛榉高耸入云。

  11. The tower peeped above the trees .

    塔尖从树梢上露出来。

  12. Bells were clanging in the tower .

    塔楼上的钟当当地敲响了。

  13. At school , a girl may tower over most boys her age

    在学校,一个女孩可能比她同龄的大多数男孩子都要高出许多。

  14. Troops are still in control of the television and radio tower .

    军队仍然控制着电视和广播发射塔。

  15. Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family .

    帕特是我们全家人的主心骨。

  16. The explosion caused little structural damage to the office towers themselves .

    爆炸对办公大楼本身几乎没有造成结构上的损坏。

  17. They occupied the first two floors of the tower .

    他们占用了塔楼的头两层。

  18. The pilot told the control tower that he 'd run into technical trouble .

    飞行员报告机场控制塔他遇到了技术问题。

  19. They took over a condemned 1960s tower block last year for one night .

    去年,他们曾控制过一幢20世纪60年代的破旧塔楼一个晚上。

  20. He remains a towering figure in modern British politics

    他在现代英国政坛上一直是位杰出的人物。

  21. He also designed one of the Edinburgh University towers that overshadows George Square

    他还设计了爱丁堡大学一座投影于乔治广场的塔楼。

  22. He is still bickering with the control tower over admissible approach routes .

    他还在为可采用的进近航线与指挥塔台争执不下。

  23. The towers rise out of a concrete podium .

    这些塔楼耸立在一个混凝土墩座上。

  24. The object of great interest at the Temple was a large marble tower built in memory of Buddha

    这处庙宇最引人注目的是一座为纪念佛陀而修建的宏伟的大理石塔。

  25. The tower , incidentally , dates from the twelfth century .

    那座塔,顺便提一下,可以追溯到12世纪。

  26. One 16-inch shell struck the control tower

    一枚16英寸的炮弹击中了指挥塔台。

  27. Each corner had a guard tower , each of which was exactly ten meters in height

    每个角落都有一座警戒塔,每座警戒塔正好10米高。

  28. Two firemen were hurt in a blaze which swept through a tower block last night .

    昨晚,一场大火吞噬了一座高层建筑,两位消防员被烧伤。

  29. A daredevil parachutist jumped from the top of Tower Bridge today .

    一位大胆鲁莽的跳伞者今天从伦敦塔桥的桥顶跳了下去。

  30. A hurricane-force gust blew off part of a church tower .

    一阵飓风级强风掀掉了教堂塔楼的一角。

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tower over/above sb/sth


n.

a tower of strength

(危难时的)可依靠的人,主心骨
a person that you can rely on to help, protect and comfort you when you are in trouble

同义词

n.

turret