| 单词 | towery |
| 释义 | towery, a.|ˈtaʊərɪ|
[f. tower n.1 + -y.]
1. Characterized by or having towers; adorned or defended with towers.
1611Cotgr., Tourrelé, Towerie, tower-like, begirt or incompassed with towers. 1672Dryden 2nd Pt. Conq. Granada iii. iii. 114 The Genius of the place its Lord will meet; And bend its tow'ry forehead to your feet. 17..Pope Imit. Spenser 54 Meandring streams, and Windsor's tow'ry pride. 1834J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXVI. 842 Crowned with her towery diadem—Queen of the Sea. 1870Bryant Iliad vii. I. 214 Till ye possess the towery city of Troy.
2. Rising to a lofty height; tower-like; towering; also fig. aspiring; exalted.
1731A. Hill Adv. Poets xvi. 9 Hence, have all towery Minds, sublimely fir'd, With in-born Strength, to their own Heav'n aspir'd. 1738H. Brooke tr. Tasso's Jerus. Del. ii. Poems (1810) 376/1 One step alone 'twixt triumph and defeat, The gulfy ruin and the tow'ry height. 1825J. Wilson Poems II. 114 Long ensigns brightening on the towery mast. 1870R. R. Coverdale Poems 39 'Neath towery trees that lowly bent.
3. Comb. towery-topped a., having a towery top; topped or crowned with towers.
1602Carew Cornwall ii. 121 A towry-topped Castle heere, wide blazeth ouer all. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11：
相关热词搜索：towery英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
单词 towgh 释义 Seetow 英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词......
字词 碇系力 释义 【机】 anchoring strength 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本......
字词 碇泊期间 释义 【经】 laytime 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部......
字词 碇泊处 释义 【法】 moorage 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常......
单词 fluoride 释义 fluoride Chem.|flurd, -ad|Also fluorid.[f. fluor-ine + -ide.]A binary c......
单词 fluoridationist 释义 fluoridationist[-ist 3.]One who advocates the fluoridation of pu......