tower
- 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
noun
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
(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
高柜;高架子
a tall piece of furniture used for storing things
a CD tower
光盘柜
a person that you can rely on to help, protect and comfort you when you are in trouble
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tower
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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
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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。
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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。
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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
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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. -
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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
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- a structure taller than its diameter;can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
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- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- Synonym: tugboat tug towboat
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- 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
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- 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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The tower offers a breathtaking panorama of Prague .
从塔上可看到壮丽的布拉格全景。
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The tower is leaning dangerously .
那座塔越来越斜,很危险。
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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。
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The view from the top of the tower was spectacular .
从塔顶远眺景色蔚为壮观。
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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。
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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。
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The towers are made of steel cased in granite .
这些塔楼是钢结构,花岗岩贴面。
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The tower stands 30 metres high .
塔高30米。
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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。
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The great beeches towered up towards the sky .
一棵棵山毛榉高耸入云。
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The tower peeped above the trees .
塔尖从树梢上露出来。
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Bells were clanging in the tower .
塔楼上的钟当当地敲响了。
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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。
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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。
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Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family .
帕特是我们全家人的主心骨。
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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。
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They occupied the first two floors of the tower .
他们占用了塔楼的头两层。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The towers rise out of a concrete podium .
这些塔楼耸立在一个混凝土墩座上。
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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。
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The tower , incidentally , dates from the twelfth century .
那座塔,顺便提一下,可以追溯到12世纪。
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One 16-inch shell struck the control tower
一枚16英寸的炮弹击中了指挥塔台。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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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