English Dictionary

tower

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtaʊ.ə(ɹ)/

名詞

比喩的用法 くだけた表現 歴史的 廃用

A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.

日本語の意味

通信塔 / 送信塔 / 電波塔

The crew climbed the old red-and-white tower to inspect the communication antennas after the storm.

作業員たちは嵐の後、古い赤と白に塗られた通信塔に登ってアンテナを点検した。

意味（1）

A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.

意味（2）

A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.

意味（3）

A water tower.

意味（4）

A control tower.

意味（5）

Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.

The Sears Tower

意味（6）

(figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.

意味（7）

(informal) An interlocking tower.

意味（8）

(figuratively) A strong refuge; a defence.

Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

意味（9）

(historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.

Lay trains of amorous intrigues / In towers, and curls, and periwigs.

意味（10）

(obsolete) High flight; elevation.

Nigh in her sight The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour, Two Birds of gayest plume before him drove.

意味（11）

The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.

意味（12）

(cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.

towers （ plural ）