tower
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tower词义
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n. 塔；高楼；堡垒vi. 高耸；超越n. (Tower)人名；(英)托尔
词态变化
复数: towers;
中文词源
tower 塔，塔楼，耸立
来自古英语 torr,塔，眺望塔，来自拉丁语 turris,塔楼，城堡，高塔，词源同 turret,tor.引申词 义耸立，高耸。
tower双语例句
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- 1. A pigeon emerges, wings flapping noisily, from the tower.
- 一只鸽子从塔里钻出来，扑扑地拍打着翅膀。
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- 2. 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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- 3. They occupied the first two floors of the tower.
- 他们占用了塔楼的头两层。
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- 4. 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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- 5. 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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tower英文词源
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- tower
- tower: [12] The ultimate source of tower is Greek túrris, a word probably from a pre-Indo- European language of the Mediterranean region. It passed into English via Latin turris and Old French tur, tor. Turret [14] comes from the Old French diminutive turet.
=> turret - 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.
- tower (n.1)
- Old English torr "tower, watchtower," from Latin turris "a tower, citadel, high structure" (also source of Old French tor, 11c.; 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实用场景例句
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- a clock/bell tower
- 钟楼
牛津词典
- the Tower of London
- 伦敦塔
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- the Eiffel Tower
- 埃菲尔铁塔
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- a television tower
- 电视塔
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- a CD tower
- 光盘柜
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- The cliffs towered above them.
- 悬崖峭壁高耸于他们上方。
牛津词典
- He towered over his classmates.
- 他的个儿比班里其他同学高出一大截。
牛津词典
- She towers over other dancers of her generation.
- 她远远超过同时代的舞蹈演员。
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- ...an eleventh century castle with 120-foot high towers.
- 带有 120 英尺高塔的 11 世纪城堡
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
- 比萨斜塔
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He stood up and towered over her...
- 他站起身来，比她高出许多。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family.
- 帕特是我们全家人的主心骨。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The tower ordered the plane to taxi the full length of the runway.
- 塔台指挥人员命令该机在跑道上滑行全程.
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- The smokestacks of the power station tower above the town.
- 发电站的大烟囱耸立在镇上.
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- This metal tower is used to relay television signals to distant villages.
- 这个金属塔是用于向遥远的村子转播电视讯号的.
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- The spire of the tower dominates the foreground.
- 塔尖在前景中占了主要地位.
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- The tower is fifty feet in height.
- 塔高五十英尺.
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- The tower has been shot away.
- 碉堡已被炮火打掉了.
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- The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountain.
- 山雨欲来风满楼.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The lofty peaks tower into the clouds.
- 巍巍群山耸入云霄.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Scaffolding has been erected around the tower.
- 塔的周围已竖起了脚手架.
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- He descended from the tower.
- 他从塔上下来.
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