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to.wer.ingHtaJE7rIN, $5taJL7INadj高耸的We wandered under the towering (= very high) walls of the Acropolis/the towering redwood trees of Yosemite/the towering ceiling of the cathedral.我们漫步在雅典卫城高耸的城墙下/约塞米蒂谷高大的红杉树下/大教堂高高的天花板下。Towering also means very great.卓然超群的; 杰出的Laurence Olivier's Othello was a towering performance.劳伦斯·奥利维尔扮演奥赛罗相当精彩。He is a towering figure in the British art world.他是英国艺术界的杰出人物。I have rarely seen a man in such a towering (= very great) temper.我很少看到一个人如此大发雷霆。
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