towers

英 [ˈtaʊəz]

美 [ˈtaʊərz]

n.  塔; 建筑物的塔形部分; (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
v.  远远高于，远远超过; 高耸，超越
tower的第三人称单数和复数

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柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 塔;塔楼
  Atoweris a tall, narrow building, that either stands alone or forms part of another building such as a church or castle.
  1. ...an eleventh century castle with 120-foot high towers.
     带有 120 英尺高塔的 11 世纪城堡
  2. ...the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
     比萨斜塔
• VERB (比周围的人或物)高出许多；屹立
  Someone or something thattowers oversurrounding people or things is a lot taller than they are.
  1. He stood up and towered over her...
     他站起身来，比她高出许多。
  2. 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。
  3. The icebergs towered above them.
     冰山高耸于他们上方。
• N-COUNT (无线电或电视信号的)发射塔
  Atoweris a tall structure that is used for sending radio or television signals.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 同tower block
  Atoweris the same as atower block.
  1. ...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
• 立式机箱
  Atoweris a tall box that contains the main parts of a computer, such as the hard disk and the drives.
• See also:clock towercontrol towerivory tower
• PHRASE (在危难时)可依靠的人，主心骨，支柱
  If you refer to someone asa 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.
  1. Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family.
     帕特是我们全家人的主心骨。

双语例句

• There towers aloft in the square the Monument of Unknown Heroes.
  广场上矗立着无名英雄纪念碑。
• All factions can build walls and defensive towers.
  所有的阵营都可以建造墙和防御塔。
• The towers rise out of a concrete podium.
  这些塔楼耸立在一个混凝土墩座上。
• Demonic forces have been using our own towers and barricades against us.
  恶魔的势力已经使用了我们自己的高塔和栅栏来对抗我们了。
• The snowy main peak towers above all the others.
  白雪皑皑的主峰高耸在群峦之上。
• You can create miniature towers and castles, a garden and shining stuff fit for a royalty.
  您可以创建小型水塔和城堡，花园和灿烂的东西适合专营权费。
• 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。
• The towers are surfaced with steel plates.
  在塔面上加了一层钢板。
• They crashed two of them into the World Trade Center in New York City, destroying the Twin Towers.
  他们将其中两架撞向了纽约市的世界贸易中心，摧毁了双子塔。
• In the early dawn, the guard towers were silhouetted against the sky.
  黎明时，天空映出了了望塔的轮廓。