音标:['tauә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 塔, 高楼, 堡垒
vi. 高耸, 翱翔
n. a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
词型变化:名词复数形式 : towers ; 过去式 : towered ; 现在分词 : towering ; 第三人称单数 : towers ; 过去分词 : towered
考试类型:[中考/高考/四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS]
词性分布:
名词92%
动词8%

tower的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. There is a sonorous bell in the tower.塔里有一口洪亮的钟。
  2. The tower was blown to atoms by the force of the explosion.爆炸的力量把塔炸得粉碎。
  3. The bell tower is the emblem of this city.这座钟楼是这个城市的象征。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. The building is three times the height of the tower.这幢楼房有那塔的三倍高。
  2. We could hear the bells ringing in the tower.我们能够听到教堂塔楼的钟声。
  3. Her bedroom was in the tower.她的卧室在塔楼上。
  4. You can see the tower of the castle from here.你从这里可以看到城堡的塔楼。
  5. The Tower of London is very high.伦敦塔很高。
  6. We are going to the Post Office Tower.我们正准备去邮电大楼。
  7. There is a small tower of luggage there.那儿有一小堆叠得高高的行李。
  8. 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。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. Ancient trees towered to the skies.古木参天。
  2. A column of black smoke is towering up.一股黑色烟柱高高升起。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
tower of strength
    可信赖的人; 支柱 comfort
用作动词(v.)
tower above〔over〕( v.+prep. )
    远远超过… be much greater than (others or a standard) in ability, quality, or character

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
名词+~
  • bell tower钟楼
  • church tower教堂塔楼
  • concrete tower混凝土塔楼
  • control tower(机场的)控制塔
  • distillation tower蒸馏塔
  • signal tower信号塔
  • the Eiffel T-艾菲尔铁塔
  • TV tower电视塔
  • watch tower观望楼
  • water tower水塔
~+介词
  • the T- of London伦敦塔
  • a small tower of luggage叠得高高的一小堆行李
  • the Leaning T- of Pisa比萨斜塔
  • the T- of Babel巴别塔
  • tower of strength可信赖的人,支柱
用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • tower gigantically远远地高出
  • tower magnificently高大雄伟
  • tower massively大大地高过
  • tower prodigiously奇妙地高出
  • tower up高耸
~+介词
  • tower above比…高
  • tower over比…高
  • tower to高达…

经典引文

  • And the eye travels down to Oxford's towers.

    出自:M. Arnold
  • The tower was Gothic, complete with pointed arches.

    出自:W. Perriam
  • Great elms towering up.

    出自:R. Church
  • Turner, the aged..recluse who towered over British painting.

    出自:G. Daly
  • On high heels..she towered over Robin.

    出自:R. Rendell

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