tow·er
noun/ˈtaʊə(r)/
/ˈtaʊər/
Idioms 
enlarge imagea tall narrow building or part of a building, especially of a church or castle塔；建筑物的塔形部分；（尤指教堂或城堡的）塔楼 - a bell tower
钟楼 - the Eiffel Tower
埃菲尔铁塔 - a 19-storey office tower
19层办公楼 - The castle is rectangular in shape, with a tower at each corner.
城堡呈长方形，每个角有一座高塔。
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsa2, Religion and festivalsa2- Armed guards manned the lookout towers.
监视塔上有武装警卫。 - They lived in a ten-storey tower in the town centre.
他们住在市中心的一幢10 层塔楼。 - Twin towers flanked the castle gateway.
双子塔守卫在城堡入口的两侧。 - the spot where the towers once stood
曾经屹立着多座塔的地方 - The brick tower was built in around four months.
这座砖塔大约用了四个月的时间建成。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- high-rise
- lofty
- …
- collapse
- fall
- stand
- …
- block
- a bell tower
- (often in compounds) a tall structure used for sending television or radio signals
（电视或无线电信号的）发射塔 - a television tower
电视塔
- a television tower
- (usually in compounds) a tall piece of furniture used for storing things
高柜；高架子 - a CD tower
光盘柜
- a CD tower
Word OriginOld English torr, reinforced in Middle English by Old French tour, from Latin turris, from Greek.
Idioms
a tower of strength
- a person that you can rely on to help, protect and comfort you when you are in trouble
（危难时的）可依靠的人，主心骨 - He was a tower of strength to his sisters when their father died.
父亲死后，他成了姊妹们的支柱。
- He was a tower of strength to his sisters when their father died.