英语词典 · 单词释义
tower
英 ['taʊə] 美 ['taʊɚ]
这里集中整理“tower”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 塔；高楼；堡垒
- vi. 高耸；超越
- n. (Tower)人名；(英)托尔
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复数: towers;
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塔 tower 塔物儿、塔儿
中文词源
tower 塔，塔楼，耸立
来自古英语 torr,塔，眺望塔，来自拉丁语 turris,塔楼，城堡，高塔，词源同 turret,tor.引申词 义耸立，高耸。
英文词源
- tower
- tower: [12] The ultimate source of tower is Greek túrris, a word probably from a pre-Indo- European language of the Mediterranean region. It passed into English via Latin turris and Old French tur, tor. Turret [14] comes from the Old French diminutive turet.
=> turret - tower (v.)
- c. 1400, "rise high" (implied in towered); see tower (n.). Also, of hawks, "to fly high so as to swoop down on prey" (1590s). Related: Towering.
- tower (n.1)
- Old English torr "tower, watchtower," from Latin turris "a tower, citadel, high structure" (also source of Old French tor, 11c.; Spanish, Italian torre "tower"), possibly from a pre-Indo-European Mediterranean language. Meaning "lofty pile or mass" is recorded from mid-14c. Also borrowed separately 13c. as tour, from Old French tur; the modern spelling (1520s) represents a merger of the two forms.
- tower (n.2)
- "one who tows," 1610s, agent noun from tow (v.).
双语例句
- 1. A pigeon emerges, wings flapping noisily, from the tower.
- 一只鸽子从塔里钻出来，扑扑地拍打着翅膀。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They occupied the first two floors of the tower.
- 他们占用了塔楼的头两层。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is still bickering with the control tower over admissible approach routes.
- 他还在为可采用的进近航线与指挥塔台争执不下。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family.
- 帕特是我们全家人的主心骨。
来自柯林斯例句
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