towered

英 [ˈtaʊəd]

美 [ˈtaʊərd]

v.  远远高于，远远超过; 高耸，超越
tower的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 塔;塔楼
  Atoweris a tall, narrow building, that either stands alone or forms part of another building such as a church or castle.
  1. ...an eleventh century castle with 120-foot high towers.
     带有 120 英尺高塔的 11 世纪城堡
  2. ...the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
     比萨斜塔
• VERB (比周围的人或物)高出许多；屹立
  Someone or something thattowers oversurrounding people or things is a lot taller than they are.
  1. He stood up and towered over her...
     他站起身来，比她高出许多。
  2. At school, a girl may tower over most boys her age…
     在学校，一个女孩可能比她同龄的大多数男孩子都要高出许多。
  3. The icebergs towered above them.
     冰山高耸于他们上方。
• N-COUNT (无线电或电视信号的)发射塔
  Atoweris a tall structure that is used for sending radio or television signals.
  1. Troops are still in control of the television and radio tower.
     军队仍然控制着电视和广播发射塔。
• N-COUNT 同tower block
  Atoweris the same as atower block.
  1. ...his design for a new office tower in Frankfurt.
     他为法兰克福一栋新写字楼所作的设计
• 立式机箱
  Atoweris a tall box that contains the main parts of a computer, such as the hard disk and the drives.
• See also:clock towercontrol towerivory tower
• PHRASE (在危难时)可依靠的人，主心骨，支柱
  If you refer to someone asa tower of strength, you appreciate them because they give you a lot of help, support, and encouragement when you have problems or are in a difficult situation.
  1. Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family.
     帕特是我们全家人的主心骨。

双语例句

• Einstein was a man who towered above his contemporaries.
  爱因斯坦是一个超出其同代人的人。
• Graciously he bestowed it upon the woman who towered over him, then leaned up to give her two kisses while she beamed.
  他郑重其事地把花环套在比他高大的老妇人头上，踮起脚吻了吻两颊，她喜形于色。
• The great socialist China has towered like a giant in the East.
  伟大的社会主义中国象巨人一般屹立在东方。
• His solid form towered over the pair of them, and the expression on his face was still indecipherable.
  他的魁梧的身材在他们两人面前居高临下，他脸上的表情仍旧使人捉摸不透。
• There towered the twelve oaks, as they had stood since Indian days, but with their leaves brown from fire and the branches burned and scorched.
  十二棵大橡树高耸在那里，从印第安时代以来一直是这样，不过现在树叶被火熏黑了一些，枝柯有的烧毁有的烤焦了。
• It towered like a giant above all the other tree near by.
  它像巨人般地高耸在近处的林木间。
• He towered over all his classmates.
  他的个儿比班里其他同学都要高。
• Above towered the white dagoba, its chalky paleness casting a chilly gloom on all around so that the three lakes, despite their man-made adornments, revealed their full northern bleakness.
  白塔却高耸到云间，傻白傻白的把一切都带得冷寂萧索，整个的三海在人工的雕琢中显出北地的荒寒。
• He towered above the rest in mathematics.
  他在数学方面出类拔萃。
• There towered two belvederes, one facing the other.
  竖着两座遥遥相对的望楼。