towered
adj. 高耸云霄的；有塔的
v. 屹立；高耸（tower 的过去分词）
例句
The cliffs towered above them.
悬崖峭壁高耸于他们上方。
《牛津词典》
The great beeches towered up towards the sky.
一棵棵山毛榉高耸入云。
It towered above the older buildings like a citadel, which indeed it was, the outpost of a new age, perhaps a new civilization, perhaps a new barbarism.
它屹立在古老的建筑之上，像一座城堡，也的确是一个新时代的前哨，这种前哨可能意味着一种新文明，也可能是一种新野蛮。
