towering
US
UK towering adj: (very tall)
SC 高耸的 gāo sǒng de
TC 高聳的
TC 高聳的
SC 屹立的 gāo sǒng de，yì lì de
SC 高大的 gāo sǒng de，gāo dà de
At nearly seven feet tall, Herman is a towering man.
towering adj: figurative (great, important) (比喻)
SC 杰出的，卓越的，出众的 jié chū de ，zhuó yuè de ，chū zhòng de
TC 傑出的，出眾的
TC 傑出的，出眾的
Mick is a towering figure in the field of rocket science.
tower n: (building)
SC 高楼 gāo lóu
SC 大楼 gāo lóu，dà lóu
TC 大樓
TC 大樓
They are building a new office tower downtown.
他们正在市中心建一栋新的办公大楼。
tower n: (broadcast) (广播、手机等)
SC 信号发射塔 xìn hào fā shè tǎ
They erected a mobile phone tower next to the local school.
他们在临近当地学校的地方立了一个移动电话信号塔。
tower n: (fortress) (城堡，如：伦敦塔)
SC 塔
TC 塔
TC 塔
This tower is where the king imprisoned his enemies.
这个塔是国王囚禁敌人的地方。
tower n: (control station) (机场里用于指挥的)
SC 塔台，控制塔 tǎ tái，kòng zhì tǎ
The tower lost contact with the pilot just before the accident.
tower n: (computer unit) (计算机)
SC 塔式机箱，立式机箱
The tower sits under my computer desk.
tower vi: figurative (surpass) (比喻)
SC 高于，超过 gāo yú ，chāo guò
TC 高於，超過
TC 高於，超過
Through his military genius, Napoleon towered above his contemporaries.
tower above [sth/sb], tower over [sth/sb] vtr phrasal insep: (be above)
SC 高耸 gāo sǒng
SC 高出
tower above [sth/sb], tower over [sth/sb] vtr phrasal insep: figurative (be taller than)
SC 比...高出一大截
He's very tall and towers above everyone else.
antenna tower n: (pylon)
SC 天线塔 tiān xiàn tǎ
TC 電線塔
TC 電線塔
The inexperienced young pilot flew her plane into the antenna tower.
bell tower n: (structure housing a bell)
SC 钟楼 zhōng lóu
SC 钟塔 zhōng lóu，zhōng tǎ
There were bats living in the church bell tower.
教堂的钟楼里住着蝙蝠。
clock tower n: (tower with built-in clock)
SC 钟楼 zhōng lóu
control tower n: (for airplane traffic)
SC （机场的）指挥塔 jī chǎng de zhǐ huī tǎ
SC 控制塔 jī chǎng de zhǐ huī tǎ，kòng zhì tǎ
Before the airplanes collided, the control tower alerted them that they were too close.
ivory tower n: figurative (unreal place) (比喻脱离现实)
SC 象牙塔 xiàng yá da
You've been living in your ivory tower too long – come and join the real world!
ivory tower n as adj: figurative (characteristic of academics)
SC 象牙塔的 xiàng yá da de
SC 学术的 xiàng yá da de，xué shù de
TC 學術的
TC 學術的
His ivory tower ideas are at odds with what's happening in the real world.
lattice tower n: (pylon or similarly-shaped structure)
SC 格构式
observation tower n: (lookout, observation point)
SC 观测塔 guān cè tǎ
TC 觀測塔
TC 觀測塔
SC 瞭望塔 guān cè tǎ，liào wàng tǎ
The forest rangers climbed the observation tower to watch for fires.
tower block n: (building: high-rise)
SC 摩天大楼 mó tiān dà lóu
TC 摩天大樓
TC 摩天大樓
SC 高层建筑 mó tiān dà lóu，gāo céng jiàn zhú
transmission tower n: (tall structure for a radio aerial)
SC 发射塔 fā shè tǎ
TC 發射塔
TC 發射塔
There was no signal coming from the transmission tower during the thunderstorm.
water tower n: (tall structure used as reservoir)
SC 水塔 shuǐ tǎ
I can see the town's water tower from here.