towers是什么意思？

towers

英['taʊəz] 美['taʊəz]

• n. 塔( tower的名词复数 )，高柜，高架子，（电视或无线电信号的）发射塔；
• v. 远远高于，远远超过( tower的第三人称单数 )，（在能力、品德、名声等方面）胜过，远远超过（其他人）；

例句

• The peak towers up into the clouds. 那座山峰高耸入云。
• The towers were shrouded in mist. 城楼被蒙上薄雾。
• In 1998 , 1218 cooling towers and associated frameworks were removed. 年内,共拆掉1218个冷却塔和附带支架.
• Above the first floor was an irrational collection of towers, turrets and attics. 二楼上面修建了不合格局的塔楼 、 角楼和阁楼.
• The components of a suspension bridge are: flexible cables, towers, anchorages, suspenders, deck and stiffening trusses. 悬索桥有下列构件: 柔性索缆 、 索塔 、 锚固件 、 吊杆 、 桥面、加劲桁架.
• Compact clouds are used to create towers and hills of clouds rising up by airflows. 这些紧凑的云块是模拟被气流影响的云的.
• He also designed one of the Edinburgh University towers that overshadows George Square. 他还设计了爱丁堡大学一座投影于乔治广场的塔楼。
• Towers, Battersby , North, MacArthur: parlour windows plastered with bills. 客厅一扇扇窗户上满是招贴: 托尔斯啦,巴特斯比啦,诺思啦, 麦克阿瑟啦.
• academics living in ivory towers 生活在象牙塔中的学者
• the silhouette of chimneys and towers 烟囱和塔楼的轮廓

英语四级真题

When the twin towers fell, Americans stopped travelling.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
  塔;塔楼
  A tower is a tall, narrow building, that either stands alone or forms part of another building such as a church or castle.
  例句
  ...an eleventh century castle with 120-foot high towers. 带有 120 英尺高塔的 11 世纪城堡 ...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 that towers over surrounding people or things is a lot taller than they are.
  例句
  He stood up and towered over her... 他站起身来，比她高出许多。 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。
• N-COUNT
  (无线电或电视信号的)发射塔
  A tower is a tall structure that is used for sending radio or television signals.
  例句
  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
  A tower is the same as a tower block .
  例句
  ...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
• N-COUNT
  立式机箱
  A tower is a tall box that contains the main parts of a computer, such as the hard disk and the drives.
• PHRASE
  (在危难时)可依靠的人，主心骨，支柱
  If you refer to someone as a 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.
  例句
  Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family. 帕特是我们全家人的主心骨。