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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2131 COCA: 2412

tower

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Related topics: Building
tow·er1 /ˈtaʊə $ -ər/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countableC]  
1 TBa tall narrow building either built on its own or forming part of a castle, church etc 塔;塔楼
 the Eiffel Tower
埃菲尔铁塔
 a castle with tall towers
有高高的塔楼的城堡
bell/clock tower
 The bell tower was added to the church in 1848.
教堂的钟楼是1848年增建的。
tower of
 the leaning tower of Pisa
比萨斜塔
2 TCa tall structure, often made of metal, used for signalling, broadcasting etc 〔发送信号、广播等的〕塔台
 an air traffic control tower
空中交通管制塔
3 tower of strength HELPsomeone who gives you a lot of help, sympathy, and support when you are in trouble 〔在遇到麻烦时〕可依靠的人;力量的支柱
 Her father was a tower of strength to her when her marriage broke up.
在她婚姻破裂的时候,父亲是她的支柱。
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4 a tall piece of furniture that you use to store things 〔存放物品的〕高架子
 a CD tower
激光唱片柜
cooling tower, ivory tower, water tower
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tower2 verb [intransitiveI]  
1 HIGHTALL PERSONto be much taller than the people or things around you 〔比周围的人或物体〕高出许多;高耸,屹立
tower above/over
 He towered over his mother.
他比他的母亲高出很多。
2 BETTERto be much better than any other person or organization that does the same thing as you 胜过,超过〔从事同样工作的其他人或机构〕
tower above/over
 Mozart towers over all other composers.
莫扎特远远超过所有其他作曲家。
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the TowerTower, then  
Origin tower1
(1100-1200) Old French tor, tur, from Latin turris, from Greek tyrsis
tow·er1 nountower2 verbTower, then
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2131 COCA: 2412
tower

noun

ADJECTIVE | TOWER + VERB | TOWER + NOUN ADJECTIVEhigh, high-rise, lofty (literary) , massive, tall高塔;巨塔
two-storey/two-story, 20-storey/20-story, etc.兩層、20 層等高的塔30-foot, 100-foot, etc. * 30 英尺、100 英尺等高的塔round, square圓塔;方塔ancient, Gothic, medieval古塔;哥特式的塔;中世紀的塔fortified防禦塔ruined毀壞的塔control, guard, lookout, observation, watch (usually watchtower) 控制塔;守衞塔;觀望塔;觀測塔;瞭望台Armed guards manned the lookout towers.監視塔上有武裝警衞。bell, clock鐘樓cooling, water冷卻塔;水塔cell, cellphone (both NAmE) 移動通信信號塔radio, television無線電天線塔;電視塔apartment, office, residential (all especially NAmE) 公寓塔樓;高層辦公樓;高層公寓樓conning (especially BrE) 潛望塔the conning tower of a submarine潛艇的潛望塔castle, cathedral, church城堡塔;教堂塔glass玻璃塔;琉璃塔ivory (figurative) 象牙塔academics sitting in their ivory towers象牙塔裏的大學教研人員TOWER + VERBcollapse, fall塔坍塌stand塔屹立the spot where the towers once stood曾經屹立着多座塔的地方TOWER + NOUNblock (BrE) 塔樓
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2131 COCA: 2412
tower noun
castle

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