英文英文字典

英文英文字典

古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典

字典
Towards (prep.)
In the direction of; to.
Towards (prep.)
With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.
Towards (prep.)
Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
Towards (prep.)
Near; about; approaching to.
Towards (adv.)
Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
Towards (prep. & adv.)
See Toward.
Towboat (n.)
A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
Towboat (n.)
A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
Towed (imp. & p. p.)
of Tow
Towel (n.)
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath.
Towel (v. t.)
To beat with a stick.
Toweling (n.)
Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc.
Tower (n.)
A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
Tower (n.)
A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.
Tower (n.)
A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
Tower (n.)
A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
Tower (n.)
A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
Tower (n.)
High flight; elevation.
Tower (v. i.)
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
Tower (v. t.)
To soar into.