单词 | towering |
释义 | towering —toweringly, adv. /tow"euhr ing/, adj. 1. very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak. 2. surpassing others; very great: a towering figure in American poetry. 3. rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity: a towering rage. 4. beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive: towering pride; towering ambitions. [1400-50; late ME; see TOWER1, -ING2] Syn. 1. elevated. See high. Ant. 1. short. |
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