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a/an + adjective + tower
用形容词描述塔的特征。
The city has a tall tower.
这座城市有一座高塔。
塔；塔楼
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
塔；塔楼
a tall, narrow building or structure that stands alone or is part of a larger building
The city has a tall tower.
这座城市有一座高塔。
高度大于直径的建筑物；可独立或附属于更大的建筑
a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
任何近似圆柱或塔状的东西
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
用于拖曳或推动大船的小型强力船只
a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
A tall stone tower stands at each corner of the old castle.
古城堡的每个角落都矗立着一座高大的石塔。
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From the top of the tower, you can see the whole city.
从塔顶你可以看到整个城市。
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The new tower has twenty floors and a restaurant at the top.
这座新塔楼有二十层，顶部还有一家餐厅。
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a tower of dust rose above the horizon
地平线上升起一股尘柱。
WordNet
用形容词描述塔的特征。
The city has a tall tower.
这座城市有一座高塔。
复合名词结构，如 clock tower、water tower。
Look at the clock tower.
看那座钟楼。
用于特定名称，如 the Tower of Pisa。
We visited the Tower of London.
我们参观了伦敦塔。
Not this
I saw tower in the city.
Use this
I saw a tower in the city.
tower是可数名词，前面需要不定冠词a。
Not this
He is a tower over me.
Use this
He towers over me.
表示'高耸于'时应用动词tower，而不是名词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
埃菲尔铁塔
The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous landmarks in the world.
埃菲尔铁塔是世界上最著名的地标之一。
控制塔
The pilot contacted the control tower for landing instructions.
飞行员联系控制塔获取降落指令。
高层建筑
They live on the 20th floor of a tower block.
他们住在一栋高层建筑的20楼。
瞭望塔
Soldiers kept watch from the watchtower.
士兵们从瞭望塔上警戒。
水塔
The water tower supplies water to the entire neighborhood.
水塔为整个社区供水。
钟楼
The bell tower chimes every hour.
钟楼每小时敲响一次。
象牙塔
Scholars are often criticized for living in an ivory tower.
学者们常被批评生活在象牙塔中。
力量支柱
During the crisis, she was a tower of strength for her family.
在危机期间，她是家人的力量支柱。
巴别塔
The meeting turned into a Tower of Babel because everyone spoke different languages.
会议变成了巴别塔，因为大家说着不同的语言。
塔要倒了！
From the 1974 disaster film The Towering Inferno, this line is shouted as the skyscraper begins to collapse.
出自1974年灾难片《火烧摩天楼》，这句台词是在摩天大楼开始倒塌时喊出的。
塔台，这里是幽灵骑士，请求低空通场。
From the 1986 film Top Gun, Maverick communicates with the control tower before a flyby.
出自1986年电影《壮志凌云》，马弗里克在低空通场前与塔台通讯。
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想象字母T像塔尖，ower像塔身，组合成tower（塔）。
register: neutral, typical settings: architecture, landmarks, note: 通常用于描述独立的塔楼或大型建筑中的高层结构。
These words end with the /aʊɝ/ sound: power, flower, shower, cower, hour, sour. Note that hour and sour are spelled with 'our' but pronounced the same. Beware of lookalikes like 'lower' (/loʊɝ/) or 'towel' which have different vowel sounds.
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