tower
US: /ˈtaʊɝ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
tower /'tauə/
- danh từ
- tháp
- ivory tower: tháp ngà (của những người trí thức thoát ly thực tế)
- đồn luỹ, pháo đài
- to be a tower of strength to somebody
- là người có đủ sức để bảo vệ cho ai
- tháp
- nội động từ
- (+ above) vượt hẳn lên, cao hơn ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
- the castle towered above the valley: toà lâu đài vượt hẳn lên cao hơn thung lũng
- Shakespeare towered above all his contemporaries: Sếch-xpia vượt hẳn lên những nhà văn cùng thời
- bay lên, vút lên cao
- (+ above) vượt hẳn lên, cao hơn ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a tall narrow building or part of a building, especially of a church or castle: a clock / bell tower + the Tower of London + the Eiffel Tower
2 (often in compounds) a tall structure used for sending television or radio signals: a television tower
3 (usually in compounds) a tall piece of furniture used for storing things: a CD tower
See also -
Idioms: a tower of strength a person that you can rely on to help, protect and comfort you when you are in trouble
verb
Phrasal Verbs: tower over / above sb/sth
1 to be much higher or taller than the people or things that are near: The cliffs towered above them. + He towered over all his classmates.
2 to be much better than others in ability, quality, fame, etc: She towers over other dancers of her generation.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
high, high-rise, lofty, massive, tall | squat | two-storey, three-storey, etc.
They lived in a ten-storey tower in the town centre.
| octagonal, round, square | ancient, Gothic, medieval | fortified | twin
Twin towers flanked the castle gateway.
| ruined | control, lookout, observation, watch
(also
watchtower)
Armed border guards manned the lookout towers.
| bell, clock | cooling, water | television | computer | conning | castle, cathedral, church | ivory
(figurative) academics sitting in their ivory towers
TOWER + VERB
collapse
Concise English dictionary
towers|towered|towering'taʊə(r)
noun
+a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
+anything tall and relatively thin that approximates the shape of a column or tower
+a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
verb
+appear very large or occupy a commanding position
