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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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsa2, Religion and festivalsa2Armed 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- high-rise
- lofty
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- collapse
- fall
- stand
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- 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
(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
Word OriginOld 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。