tower

noun

/ˈtaʊə(r)/

/ˈtaʊər/

Idioms

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a 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 一座19层的办公大楼
- The castle is rectangular in shape, with a tower at each corner.城堡呈长方形，每个角各有一个塔楼。
see also clock tower, conning tower, control tower, cooling tower, ivory tower, Martello tower, the Twin Towers, watchtower, water tower
- 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.这座砖塔大约在四个月内建成。
Topics Buildingsa2, Religion and festivalsa2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- high-rise
- lofty
- …
tower + verb
- collapse
- fall
- stand
- …
tower + noun
- block
(often in compounds常构成复合词) 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
Topics TV, radio and newsb2
(usually in compounds通常构成复合词) a tall piece of furniture used for storing things高柜；高架子
- a CD tower光盘柜

词源Old 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。