towering

英 [ˈtaʊərɪŋ]

美 [ˈtaʊərɪŋ]

adj.  高大的; 高耸的; 屹立的; 卓越的; 杰出的; 出色的; 强烈的; 激烈的
v.  远远高于，远远超过; 高耸，超越
tower的现在分词

现在分词：towering　

TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.11670 / COCA.9301

牛津词典

adj.

• 高大的；高耸的；屹立的
  extremely tall or high and therefore impressive
  1. towering cliffs
     高耸的悬崖
• 卓越的；杰出的；出色的
  of extremely high quality
  1. a towering performance
     出色的表演
• 强烈的；激烈的
  extremely strong
  1. a towering rage
     勃然大怒

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 高耸的;参天的;屹立的
  If you describe something such as a mountain or cliff astowering, you mean that it is very tall and therefore impressive.
  1. ...towering cliffs of black granite which rise straight out of the sea.
     从海里突兀而起的参天的黑色花岗岩峭壁
• ADJ 杰出的;卓越的;强烈的
  If you describe someone or something astowering, you are emphasizing that they are impressive because of their importance, skill, or intensity.
  1. He remains a towering figure in modern British politics...
     他在现代英国政坛上一直是位杰出的人物。
  2. I saw her in a towering rage only once.
     我只有一次见过她大发雷霆。

英英释义

adj

• of imposing height
  1. an eminent peak
  2. lofty mountains
  3. the soaring spires of the cathedral
  4. towering icebergs
  Synonym:eminentloftysoaring

双语例句

• Amidst the current bunch of nonentities, he is a towering figure
  在当前这帮无足轻重的人里面，他算是鹤立鸡群。
• We turned the corner, and there was the cathedral, towering in front of us.
  我们转过拐角，大教堂高高耸立在我们面前。
• Hagrid seized Harry and Hermione and hoisted them off the path behind a towering oak.
  海格一把抓住哈利和赫敏，提着他们离开小路，藏到一棵高耸的栎树后面。
• They are traitors who have committed towering crimes and deserve more than death.
  他们是罪大恶极，死有余辜的叛徒。
• It might appear so as towering skyscrapers like the just-opened HSBC towers in the IFC dot the Shanghai skyline.
  随着在国金中心（IFC）刚刚开业的汇丰（HSBC）大楼等摩天大厦点缀在上海的天际，或许情况看起来的确如此。
• The burly brute swaggered forward, towering over me, and shouted
  五大三粗的恶汉趾高气扬地走过来，居高临下地对我咆哮着。
• I just posted my first English topic in the forum, it is a seed grow into towering tree.
  刚才我用英语在论坛发了第一个帖子，它会是颗种子长成参天大树。
• These three pagodas which are towering over Dali are the symbolic architecture of it.
  这三座高高耸立的宝塔是云南大理的标志性建筑，它们距今已有一千多年的历史了。
• Some visitors spend weeks seeking more remote and even more pristine sanctuaries islanded with towering pines and spruce.
  一些游客消磨上数星期的时间在耸立的松树和云杉的小岛上来寻求更多的清净和纯净的庇护。
• Whole communities were relocated as entire suburbs disappeared, to materialize as office blocks and towering hotels.
  整个社区都搬迁了，整个郊区不见了，取而代之的是写字楼和摩天大厦。