tower
n. 塔, 高楼, 堡垒 vi. 高耸, 翱翔
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教材释义与例句
高耸；超越
to be much taller than the people or things around you
释义与例句
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A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
塔
塔楼
楼阁
楼台
an observation tower, an isolated watch tower, a church tower, conning tower
The valley is closed in at the lower end by the village, the church tower and a few roofs being visible through the trees; […]
[…] an isolated watch-tower still stands above the highway as it passes around the lowest ridge extending from the castle. Called Burj al-Sabi ('Tower of the Youth'), it protected the access to the castle's port […]
The clock tower above your apartment tolls, ringing twice. [...People] examine the bells with tuning fork and soundhorn, and scurry about with clipboard and blueprint, [but] they do not appear to be in the process of repairing or maintaining the bell-tower at all.
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A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
signal tower, radio tower, cell tower
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A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
observation tower, watch tower
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A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
A control tower.
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A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
A skyscraper.
The Sears Tower
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An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
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A strong refuge; a defence.
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The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
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The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
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Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
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A group of giraffes.
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A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
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A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
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High flight; elevation.
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One who tows.
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To be high or lofty; to soar.
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To soar into.
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To be very tall.
不及物The office block towered into the sky.
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From Middle English tour, tur, tor, from Old English tūr, tor, torr ("tower; rock"; > English tor) and Old French tour, toer, tor; both from Latin turris (“a tower”), Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) (Hesychius), τύρσις (túrsis). Compare Scots tour, towr, towre (“tower”), West Frisian toer (“tower”), Dutch toren (“tower”), German Turm (“tower”), Danish tårn (“tower”), Swedish torn (“tower”), Icelandic turn (“tower”), Welsh tŵr. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and turret.
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