tower

['tauə]

n.塔, 高楼
vi.高耸, 胜过

例句与用法：

The TV tower is by far the largest construction of our country.

电视塔明显地是我国最大的建筑。

The tower was blown to atoms by the force of the explosion.

爆炸的力量把塔炸得粉碎。

There is a sonorous bell in the tower.

塔里有一口洪亮的钟。

The tower stood amidst the ruins.

塔矗立在废墟中。

Above the victorian houses and shops tower the monster office blocks of the redeveloped center.

高耸于维多利亚时代房屋店铺之上的是新开发的市中心高大的办公楼群。

Have you seen the hill whereon a tower is standing?

你看到耸立着一座塔的那座小山了吗？

Shakespeare towers above all other Elizabethan dramatists.

莎士比亚远超过伊丽莎白时代所有的剧作家。

The bell tower is the emblem of this city.

这座钟楼是这个城市的象征。

词形变化：

动词过去式: towered | 动词过去分词: towered | 动词现在分词: towering | 动词第三人称单数: towers |

n.[C]

1. 塔; 塔楼; 高楼

That's a television tower.

那是电视转播台。

2. 堡垒; 监狱

3. 铁路信号房

vi.

1. 高耸, 屹立; 高高升起[(+above/over)]

The skyscraper towers into the sky.

该摩天大楼高耸入云。

2. 超过, 胜过[(+above/over)]

The tall building towers above all the others.

这高楼高出其他所有的建筑。

3. 高飞, 翱翔

tower

名词复数：towers

过去式：towered

过去分词：towered

现在进行时：towering

词形变化：

动词过去式: towered | 动词过去分词: towered | 动词现在分词: towering | 动词第三人称单数: towers |

词义辨析：

同义:

n.塔, 塔楼, 钟楼, 圆屋顶, 柱形物, 摩天大楼

minaret

obelisk

pagoda

pyramid

steeple

spire

turret

belltower

belfry

dome

onion dome

pillar

shaft

high rise

monolith

n.要塞, 城堡, 监牢

citadel

fortress

bastille

fortification

acropolis

castle

stronghold

refuge

prison

keep

fastness

dungeon

v.高耸, 超越

reach high

stand high

uprise

mount

soar

surmount

rise over

loom

v.超过, 胜过, 压倒, 使失色

exceed

transcend

leave behind

prevail over

supercede

excel

better

outstrip

outdo

outperform

outclass

outshine

cap

top

overtop

overshadow

eclipse

ascend

stand head and shoulder above

同义参见:

column

fort

monument

tower1['tauə]n.1.■塔；塔楼2.■【航空学】(飞机场的)塔台 (= control tower)； 塔台指挥人员3.■(有塔的)城堡，堡垒；(有瞭望塔的)监狱4.■塔状建筑，塔状结构(或装置、物体)5.■(古代或中世纪攻城用的)塔车6.■[美国英语]铁路信号房7.■[the Tower] = Tower of London8.■塔般高大魁梧的人9.■放电脑的立式框vi.1.■高耸；屹立：The Statue of Liberty towers above the harbour of New York.自由女神像高高耸立于纽约港。The trees tower into the clouds.大树直插云霄。2.■(鹰等)翱翔；(受伤的鸟)笔直飞上去a tower of strength(危难时)可信赖的人；很得力的人；中流砥柱；柱石；可靠的支柱Tower (或 tower) of Babel古代巴比伦未建成的通天塔摩天楼空中楼阁，空想的计划 tower2['tauə]n.1.■拖曳的人，拖者；拖曳物；拖车；拖船

1. a tall narrow building, either free-standing or forming part of a building such as a church or castle
   塔；塔楼
   ■[with modifier]a tall structure that houses machinery, operators, etc
   （有设备存放及操作员工作空间的）塔楼，塔台
   ■[with modifier]a tall structure used as a receptacle or for storage
   （存储用的）塔，塔式容器
   a CD tower.
   一个塔式光盘架。
   ■a tall pile or mass of something
   塔状堆积物
   a titanic tower of garbage.
   巨大的一堆塔状垃圾。
   ■(the Tower)
   见Tower of London
   

1. rise to or reach a great height
   高耸，屹立
   he seemed to tower over everyone else.
   他似乎比其他人都高。
   
2. (of a bird) soar up to a great height, especially (of a falcon) so as to be able to swoop down on the quarry
   （尤指猎鹰为捕抓猎物俯冲前）高飞，翱翔
   

1. 见strength
   

1. (chiefly poetic/literary)(主诗／ 文)
   

1. (chiefly poetic/literary)(主诗／ 文)
   

1. Old English torr, reinforced in Middle English by Old French tour, from Latin turris, from Greek
   

tower

名词 tower:

a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

anything tall and relatively thin that approximates the shape of a column or tower

同义词：column, pillar

a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

同义词：tugboat, tug, towboat

动词 tower:

appear very large or occupy a commanding position

同义词：loom, predominate, hulk

tower

■The bell tower is the emblem of this city.

这座钟楼是这个城市的象征。

■There is a sonorous bell in the tower.

塔里有一口洪亮的钟。

■The tower on the hill brooded above the village.

小山上的塔楼俯视着那个村庄。

■He saw the tower in relief against the sky.

他看到那塔耸立在空中，轮廓十分鲜明。

■The top of the castle tower has been shot off.

城堡塔楼的顶部已被炸掉了。

■How does that tall tower stop up?

那座高塔是怎样竖着不倒的？

■The tower was visible from afar.

从远处就能望到那座塔。

■Have you seen the hill whereon a tower is standing?

你看到耸立着一座塔的那座小山了吗？

■The tower rises steeply from the flat ground.

那座塔陡峭地自平地耸起。

■He saw he should no longer shut himself up in his ivory tower.

他认识到不应再把自己关在象牙塔里。

■The steam tug takes canal boats and barges in tow.

驳船后面拖着小艇和平底船。

■The tower is as steady as a rock even in gale-force winds.

这座塔甚至在7至10级大风里也稳如磐石。

■Has the tower been topped off yet?

塔楼举行封顶仪式了吗？

■The tower stood amidst the ruins.

塔矗立在废墟中。

■He pointed to a tower on the distant horizon.

他指向远处地平线上的一座塔。

■Perhaps the tower is part of the rampart of the city.

这城楼或许就是城墙的一部分。

■The tower was blown to atoms by the force of the explosion.

爆炸的力量把塔炸得粉碎。

■The famous tower of Pisa leans at an angle.

有名的比萨塔是斜的。

■The pilot renewed contact with the control tower.

飞行员同指挥塔恢复了联系。

■The tower collapsed in a heap of ruin.

那座塔倒塌了，成了一堆废墟。

■He is a play-hay who always had a glamour girl in tow.

他是个总有妖艳的女郎陪伴的花花公子。

■Climb to the top of Eiffel Tower if you want a bird's eye-view of Paris.

如果想鸟瞰巴黎，你可登到埃菲尔塔顶上。

■The TV tower is by far the largest construction of our country.

电视塔明显地是我国最大的建筑。

■On a clear day you can see for miles from the top of the tower.

天气晴朗时，从塔顶上能看到很远的地方。

■Let us combine our tow firms against our competitors.

让我们把两家公司联合起来对付我们的竞争者。

■How maddening to have your younger brother tower over you, at his age, too!

你弟弟小小的年龄竟高出你一大截，真令人恼火！

■Suzhou might just as well be likened to Pisa, for it has a leaning tower also.

苏州不妨可以和比萨相比，因为它也有一座斜塔。

■I've been to the top of the Eiffel Tower many a time.

我曾多次登上埃菲尔铁塔的塔顶。

■My car's broken down; will you give me a tow?

我的车抛锚了，能用你的车给我拖一拖吗？

■On a clear day you can see for mile from the top of the tower.

天气晴朗时，从塔顶上能看到很远的地方。

■The broken-down car was taken in tow by a lorry.

一辆卡车拉着一辆坏了的汽车。

■We have to tow that car to the nearest garage.

我们不得不把汽车拖到最近的修车厂。

■My mother has been a tower of strength during my husband's long illness.

我母亲在我丈夫长期患病期间一直是我可信赖的人。

■Above the victorian houses and shops tower the monster office blocks of the redeveloped center.

高耸于维多利亚时代房屋店铺之上的是新开发的市中心高大的办公楼群。

■The church tower stood against the sky like a finger pointing towards heaven.

教堂塔楼在天空的衬托之下，像一个手指直指苍穹。

■Ann had lived in a cottage ever since she was born, and had no wish to move to a tower block.

安从她出生以来就一直住在农村小屋，她不想搬到高层大楼去住。

■Living in your ivory tower at Oxford, you can't imagine what it's like to go hungry.

你生活在牛津的象牙之塔中，想像不到挨饿是什么滋味。

■Even if the pay raise and Tower's and Wright's difficulties hadn't taken center stage, it's doubtful Congress would have accomplished much.

即使加薪之事，以及托尔和赖特所遭遇的困难未成为主要问题，国会也未必能有所作为。

■It's hard to judge between the tow handicraft articles; they're both charming.

很难判定这两件工艺品孰优孰劣，它们都很好看。

■In the Tower of London, prisoners used to languish in chains, cold, and darkness.

过去，在伦敦塔里的囚犯受到镣铐、寒冷和阴暗的折磨。

■Mrs Hayes went to the supermarket with her four little children in tow.

海斯太太带着她的4个小孩到超级市场去了。

■The stonework of the tower was crumbling, and the great clock had fallen into disrepair.

钟楼的石头框架摇摇欲坠，那座大钟也已年久失修。

■The cables, which will be the bridge's main support, are strung from tower to tower. They are made up of wire that's high tensile steel.

作为大桥的主要支撑，绳索被绷在塔之间。它们是由高抗拉强度的钢丝组成的。

■Gwendolyn Hatcher, former inspector general of the city Department of Cultural Affairs, told a federal jury that an outraged Myerson stormed into her office with three of her top aides in tow.

前[纽约]市文化局调查主任哈彻告诉联邦陪审团说：怒气冲冲的迈尔森带领着她的三个高级幕僚闯入她的办公室。

■A bell tower, especially one near but not attached to a church or other public building.

钟楼，钟塔尤指靠近教堂或其它公共建筑但并不与之相连的钟塔

■A painter who had been working on the clock tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!

＂一位在钟塔上工作的油漆工把一桶油漆挂在一根指针上，把钟弄慢了。＂

■A religious building of the Far East, especially a many-storied Buddhist tower, erected as a memorial or shrine.

塔，宝塔一种远东的宗教建筑，尤指一种多层的佛塔，作为纪念塔或神龛而建立

■A structure, such as a garden pavilion, built in imitation of a many-storied Buddhist tower.

塔状一种结构，如花园里的亭子，模仿多层的佛塔而建的

■Regardless of danger, he climbed the tower.

他不顾危险地爬上了高塔。

■He made a clay model of the Eiffel Tower.

他做了一个艾菲尔铁塔的黏土模型。