tower
tower 英 [ˈtaʊə(r)] 美 [ˈtaʊɚ]
n. 塔；高楼 vi. 高耸；超越
进行时:towering 过去式:towered 过去分词:towered 第三人称单数:towers 名词复数:towers
- A tower is a tall structure, with the diameter of its base less than its height. Rapunzel lived in a tower. If you have a super tall friend and you're short, you could say they tower over you.
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- n. 塔；高楼
- vi. 高耸；超越
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1. a clock tower, a bell tower
钟楼
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2. the Tower of London
伦敦塔
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3. the Eiffel Tower
埃菲尔铁塔
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4. a television tower
电视塔
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5. The cliffs towered above them.
悬崖峭壁高耸于他们上方。
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6. He towered over his classmates.
他的个儿比班里其他同学高出一大截。
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7. She towers over other dancers of her generation.
她远远超过同时代的舞蹈演员。
- tower (n.1) Old English torr "tower, watchtower," from Latin turris "a tower, citadel, high structure" (also source of Old French tor, 11c., Modern French tour; Spanish, Italian torre "tower"), possibly from a pre-Indo-European Mediterranean language. Meaning "lofty pile or mass" is recorded from mid-14c. Also borrowed separately 13c. as tour, from Old French tur; the modern spelling (1520s) represents a merger of the two forms.
- tower (n.2) "one who tows," 1610s, agent noun from tow (v.).
- tower (v.) c. 1400, "rise high" (implied in towered); see tower (n.). Also, of hawks, "to fly high so as to swoop down on prey" (1590s). Related: Towering.
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