tower
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈtaʊə(r)]
- 美式音标 [ˈtaʊ.ɚ]
- 国际音标 ['tauə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 塔；高樓；堡壘
- vi. 高聳；超越
- n. (Tower)人名；(英)托爾
词源解说
- 直接源自古英語的torr，意爲瞭望塔；最初源自拉丁語的turris，意爲塔。
用法辨析
- tower用作名詞的基本意思是“塔”,也可指細而高的建築物,還可指一堆曡得很高的塔狀物。tower有時還可引申指“塔台的指揮人員”。
- tower還常用於搆成專有名詞。
- tower用作名詞時意思是“塔”,轉化成動詞意思是“遠遠高於〔超過〕”,可指在身高上比別人高,也可指在某些方麪能力比別人強或比別人更勝任某一件事。
- tower一般用作不及物動詞,常與介詞 above 〔over〕連用,意思是“比…高”或“(在能力、名聲、品質等方麪)超過(某人)”。
n. (名詞)
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- The building is three times the height of the tower.
這幢樓房有那塔的三倍高。 - Ancient trees towered to the skies.
古木蓡天。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)
词组短语
- bell tower 鍾樓
- church tower 教堂塔樓
- concrete tower 混凝土塔樓
- control tower （機場）指揮塔台，控制塔
- distillation tower 蒸餾塔
用作名詞 (n.)
名詞+～
英英字典
- a tall, narrow structure, often square or circular, that either forms part of a building or stands alone
- to be very tall or large, usually in a way that makes people feel respect
- A tower is a tall, narrow building, that either stands alone or forms part of another building such as a church or castle.
- Someone or something that towers over surrounding people or things is a lot taller than they are.
- A tower is a tall structure that is used for sending radio or television signals.
- A tower is a tall box that contains the main parts of a computer, such as the hard disk and the drives.
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专业释义
- 塔
The result of application showed that the CFRP tower could completely meet the using requirements of the vitriol production.
應用結果表明,該GFRP填料塔完全可滿足硫酸生産淨化工藝的使用要求。航空、航天科學技術
- (飛機場的)塔台 (= control tower)； 塔台指揮人員
- 塔樓
- 高標
- 塔
- 塔
- 塔