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towering 音标拼音: [t'ɑʊɚɪŋ] [t'ɑʊrɪŋ] a. 高耸的,激烈的 高耸的,激烈的 towering adj 1: of imposing height; especially standing out above others; " an eminent peak"; " lofty mountains"; " the soaring spires of the cathedral"; " towering icebergs" [ synonym: { eminent}, { lofty}, { soaring}, { towering}] Tower \ Tow" er\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { towered}; p. pr. & vb. n. { towering}.] To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar. [ 1913 Webster] On the other side an high rock towered still. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] My lord protector' s hawks do tower so well. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Towering \ Tow" er* ing\, a. 1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing. [ 1913 Webster] A man agitated by a towering passion. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 128 Moby Thesaurus words for " towering": Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Olympian, abysmal, aerial, airy, altitudinous, ascending, aspiring, astronomic, august, burning, colossal, consuming, cracking, crashing, distinguished, dizzy, dominating, elephantine, elevated, eminent, enormous, epic, ethereal, exalted, excessive, exorbitant, extraordinary, extravagant, extreme, famous, fantastic, fiery, giant, giantlike, gigantic, glorious, godlike, great, haughty, heroic, high, high- pitched, high- reaching, high- set, high- up, huge, immense, immoderate, imposing, impressive, incomparable, infinite, inordinate, intemperate, intense, jumbo, lauded, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, majestic, mammoth, massive, mighty, mind- blowing, monster, monstrous, monumental, mortal, mountainous, mounting, noble, outstanding, outtopping, overlooking, overpowering, overtopping, overwhelming, paramount, passionate, preeminent, prodigious, profound, prominent, renowned, sky- high, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, steep, stupendous, sublime, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, supreme, surpassing, tall, titanic, topless, toplofty, topping, towery, transcendent, tremendous, ultimate, unconscionable, undue, unequally, unmatchable, unmatched, unmeasurable, unparalleled, unrestrained, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, uplifted, upreared, vast, vehement, violent
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