towering

英 [ˈtaʊərɪŋ]

美 [ˈtaʊərɪŋ]

adj. 高大的; 高耸的; 屹立的; 卓越的; 杰出的; 出色的; 强烈的; 激烈的
v. 远远高于，远远超过; 高耸，超越
tower的现在分词

现在分词：towering　

Collins.1 / BNC.11670 / COCA.9301

牛津词典

adj.

高大的；高耸的；屹立的
extremely tall or high and therefore impressive
1. towering cliffs
  高耸的悬崖
卓越的；杰出的；出色的
of extremely high quality
1. a towering performance
  出色的表演
强烈的；激烈的
extremely strong
1. a towering rage
  勃然大怒

ADJ 高耸的;参天的;屹立的
If you describe something such as a mountain or cliff astowering, you mean that it is very tall and therefore impressive.
1. ...towering cliffs of black granite which rise straight out of the sea.
  从海里突兀而起的参天的黑色花岗岩峭壁
ADJ 杰出的;卓越的;强烈的
If you describe someone or something astowering, you are emphasizing that they are impressive because of their importance, skill, or intensity.
1. He remains a towering figure in modern British politics...
  他在现代英国政坛上一直是位杰出的人物。
2. I saw her in a towering rage only once.
  我只有一次见过她大发雷霆。

adj

Green meadows flanked with towering cypresses.
两侧柏树高耸的绿色草地。
I give up counting the cranes towering over building sites here.
我放弃了细数这里的建筑工地上耸立着多少起重机的念头。
The burly brute swaggered forward, towering over me, and shouted
五大三粗的恶汉趾高气扬地走过来，居高临下地对我咆哮着。
They built a TV tower on the towering hill.
他们在高耸的山顶建起了一座电视塔。
The pontiff led the service from a towering white and gold altar erected in a new baseball stadium.
在这个新棒球场上立着一个高大的白色和金色神坛。教皇就在神坛上主持弥撒活动。
They are traitors who have committed towering crimes and deserve more than death.
他们是罪大恶极，死有余辜的叛徒。
The temple's most breathtaking feature is a towering pagoda.
庙宇最让人惊叹的地方是一座巍峨的宝塔。
Surrounded by mediocrities, he can seem a towering intellectual.
在周围一群泛泛之辈的衬托之下，他就像一个鹤立鸡群的智者。
Towering over and sitting between the Rest House and the Mosque is the Dome.
耸立于休息室和清真寺之间的是一座圆屋顶的建筑。
I just posted my first English topic in the forum, it is a seed grow into towering tree.
刚才我用英语在论坛发了第一个帖子，它会是颗种子长成参天大树。