towering

/tou-er-ing/US // ˈtaʊ ər ɪŋ //UK // (ˈtaʊərɪŋ) //

高高耸立的,高耸的,高高耸立,巍峨的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.
- : surpassing others; very great: a towering figure in American poetry.
- : rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity: a towering rage.
- : beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive: towering pride; towering ambitions.

adj.huge, excessive

Synonyms

Duvernay-Tardif did not play a down this season, but he was a towering figure of this surreal NFL year.
After over three years of dormancy, Steamboat abruptly shot a towering stream of hot water into the sky on March 15, 2018.
He was considered a towering figure on the congas, which are tapered drums played with the fingers and hands.
It’s admittedly hard to separate the meaning of the death of such a towering figure from the political context surrounding it.
Even years after his retirement, Thompson maintained a towering presence at the university he helped put on the map.
We, in olden days, had towering kooks and colossal villains.
At once uproarious, raw, and painfully honest, “Discord” unveils the many virtues and vices of these towering icons.
Doctors are then on to the next patient, and between patients they are distracted by a towering mountain of non-clinical tasks.
In early 2001 the Afghan Taliban, encouraged by al Qaeda, blew to bits the towering Buddhas of Bamiyan.
For years Surkov was a shadow towering behind the presidents of Russia, including and especially Vladimir Putin.
He locked the door as he spoke, and then, striding forward in a towering rage, threatened vengeance on the intruder.

/tou-er-ing/US // ˈtaʊ ər ɪŋ //UK // (ˈtaʊərɪŋ) //

高高耸立的,高耸的,高高耸立,巍峨的

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.
- : surpassing others; very great: a towering figure in American poetry.
- : rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity: a towering rage.
- : beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive: towering pride; towering ambitions.

adj.huge, excessive

Synonyms

Duvernay-Tardif did not play a down this season, but he was a towering figure of this surreal NFL year.
After over three years of dormancy, Steamboat abruptly shot a towering stream of hot water into the sky on March 15, 2018.
He was considered a towering figure on the congas, which are tapered drums played with the fingers and hands.
It’s admittedly hard to separate the meaning of the death of such a towering figure from the political context surrounding it.
Even years after his retirement, Thompson maintained a towering presence at the university he helped put on the map.
We, in olden days, had towering kooks and colossal villains.
At once uproarious, raw, and painfully honest, “Discord” unveils the many virtues and vices of these towering icons.
Doctors are then on to the next patient, and between patients they are distracted by a towering mountain of non-clinical tasks.
In early 2001 the Afghan Taliban, encouraged by al Qaeda, blew to bits the towering Buddhas of Bamiyan.
For years Surkov was a shadow towering behind the presidents of Russia, including and especially Vladimir Putin.
He locked the door as he spoke, and then, striding forward in a towering rage, threatened vengeance on the intruder.