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- a tall narrow building, either free-standing or forming part of a building such as a church or castle塔; 塔楼。
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- with modifier a tall structure that houses machinery, operators, etc（有设备存放及操作员工作空间的）塔楼, 塔台。
1.2
- with modifier a tall structure used as a receptacle or for storage（存储用的）塔, 塔式容器：
a CD tower.
一个塔式光盘架。
1.3
- a tall pile or mass of something塔状堆积物：
a titanic tower of garbage.
巨大的一堆塔状垃圾。
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no obj.
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- rise to or reach a great height高耸, 屹立：
he seemed to tower over everyone else.
他似乎比其他人都高。
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- (of a bird) soar up to a great height, especially (of a falcon) so as to be able to swoop down on the quarry（尤指猎鹰为捕抓猎物俯冲前）高飞, 翱翔。
短语
tower of strength
- 见STRENGTH.
派生词
towered
adjective （chiefly poetic/literary 〈主诗/文〉）towery
adjective （chiefly poetic/literary 〈诗/文〉）词源
Old English torr, reinforced in Middle English by Old French tour, from Latin turris, from Greek.