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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1.tower / ˈtaʊə(r)/ n. torre f.
locuzioni idiomatiche to be a ~ of strength essere saldo come una torre.
2. tower / ˈtaʊə(r)/ intr.- (dominate) to ~ above o over torreggiare su, dominare [village]
- (outstrip) to ~ above dominare [rival].
'tower' trovato anche in queste voci:
Inglese:
angle
- bell tower
- beyond
- climb
- clock tower
- control tower
- cooling
- in
- leaning
- lighthouse
- look-out
- looming
- observation tower
- rail
- railing
- scale
- soar
- steeple
- sway
- tower block
- towered
- Tower of Babel
- water tower
Italiano:
altezza
- avorio
- Babele
- campanario
- campanile
- casello
- dominare
- giganteggiare
- grandeggiare
- orologio
- pendente
- semaforo
- sovrastare
- torre
- torreggiare
- torretta
- troneggiare
tower: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||
| tower | n | (broadcast) diffusione | traliccio nm |
| They erected a mobile phone tower next to the local school. | |||
| Hanno costruito un traliccio della telefonia mobile vicino ad una scuola locale. | |||
| tower | n | (building) edificio | palazzo, edificio, immobile nm |
| They are building a new office tower downtown. | |||
| Stanno costruendo un nuovo palazzo (or: edificio) (or: immobile) per uffici al centro. | |||
| tower | n | (fortress) fortezza | torre nf |
| fortezza | torrione nm | ||
| chiesa | campanile nm | ||
| This tower is where king imprisoned his enemies. | |||
| Il re imprigionava I suoi nemici in questa torre. | |||
| * Molti si nascosero nel torrione del castello per proteggersi dai nemici. | |||
| * Sulla fiancata destra del Duomo si eleva il campanile. | |||
| Additional Translations | |||
| tower | n | (control) controllo | torre di controllo nf |
| The tower lost contact with the pilot just before the accident. | |||
| La torre di controllo ha perso il contatto con il pilota proprio prima dell'incidente. | |||
| tower | vi | (be above) dominare | troneggiare⇒ vi |
| elevarsi | elevarsi, innalzarsi, ergersi v rif | ||
| montagna | svettare⇒ vi | ||
| He's very tall and towers above everyone else. | |||
| È molto alto e troneggia su tutti. | |||
| * La torre del castello si innalza (or: si eleva) (or: si erge) nel centro storico. | |||
| * La montagna svetta maestosa sul Bormio proteggendolo dai venti del Nord. | |||
| tower | vi | figurative (surpass) figurato | svettare⇒ vi |
| sorpassare | svettare⇒, prevalere⇒, predominare⇒ vi | ||
| Through his military genius, Napoleon towered above his contemporaries. | |||
| Grazie al suo genio militare, Napoleone svettava su tutti. | |||
| * Gli attori erano tutti bravi, ma l'ottima interpretazione di Naomi Watts svetta su tutti. | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
tower: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| antenna tower | n | (pylon) | traliccio nm |
| The inexperienced young pilot flew her plane into the antenna tower. | |||
| bell tower | n | (tower in which bells are hung) | campanile nm |
| There were bats living in the church bell-tower. | |||
| Il campanile della chiesa è stato ricostruito dopo la guerra. | |||
| architettura | torre campanaria nf | ||
| La torre campanaria è del XVI secolo. | |||
| clock tower | n | (tall structure with built-in clock faces) | torre dell'orologio |
| conning tower | torre di comando | ||
| control tower | n | (building from which air traffic is directed) | torre di controllo |
| fire tower | torre del fuoco | ||
| great tower | torrione | ||
| guard tower | n | (tall structure for keeping watch) | torre di guardia nf |
| ivory tower | n | figurative (removal from reality) | torre d'avorio nf |
| Such impractical idealism may serve you well in the ivory tower, but not in the real world. | |||
| Questo idealismo teorico può esserti utile nella tua torre d'avorio, ma non nel mondo reale. | |||
| ivory tower | adj | (characteristic of academics) condizione degli accademici | torre d'avorio nf |
| Those professors in their ivory towers know nothing about what it's like out here in the real world. | |||
| Quei professori nelle loro torri d'avorio non sanno nulla di come vanno le cose qui fuori, nel mondo reale. | |||
| lattice tower | n | (pylon or similarly-shaped structure) | traliccio nm |
| leaning tower | torre pendente | ||
| light tower | torre del faro | ||
| observation tower | n | (lookout, observation point) | torre di osservazione, torretta di osservazione nf |
| The forest rangers climbed the observation tower to watch for fires. | |||
| round tower | torre conica | ||
| tower of strength | sostegno, colonna, persona affidabile | ||
| tower over, dominate | troneggiare v | ||
| transmission tower | torre di trasmissione | ||
| water tower | n | (tall structure used as reservoir) | torre idrica nf |
| I can see the town's water tower from here. | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
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A tower building physics puzzler
After two days on top of that tower my nerves are shot
Ascending the Eiffel Tower
Babel Tower
Climbing the tower
cooling tower heat rejection plant
I climbed the Eiffel tower
Molding tower
office tower
The Eiffel Tower “escapes reason”
The tower is standing proudly in front of me
The tower rose at least two stories high
they pulled the voice off a goddamn cellphone tower
Tower standard model
After two days on top of that tower my nerves are shot
Ascending the Eiffel Tower
Babel Tower
Climbing the tower
cooling tower heat rejection plant
I climbed the Eiffel tower
Molding tower
office tower
The Eiffel Tower “escapes reason”
The tower is standing proudly in front of me
The tower rose at least two stories high
they pulled the voice off a goddamn cellphone tower
Tower standard model
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