名词 tower:

1. a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

2. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

3. a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

动词 tower:

1. appear very large or occupy a commanding position

towern.塔；高楼vi.高耸；胜过towerlike塔样的tower head尖头[畸形]； 塔头tower coil塔形tower type塔式tower boom塔形桁tower mill塔式粉碎机tower door(垂直引上机)机膛盖板(门)tower base塔底座tower roof塔顶tower bolt管插销,大型汽缸盖螺栓

1. From my hotel window there were seven church towers within my field of view.
   从我旅馆的窗户往外看，可看见7座教堂塔。
2. I look ahead, and before me rise the fantastic towers of New York, a city that seems to have stepped from the pages of a fairy story.
   我展望前头，纽约的高楼大厦在我前面升起，似乎是从童话故事的篇章中出现的一座城市。
3. Shakespeare towers above all other Elizabethan dramatists.
   莎士比亚远超过伊丽莎白时代所有的剧作家。
4. There are many strong and stately towers in Beijing.
   北京有很多坚固而雄伟的城楼。