tower
要点塔
意味
- 塔,タワー
- (…の上に)ひときわ高くそびえる,(力・才能などが)ぬきんでている《+above(over)+名》
例文
There's a large clock near the top of the tower.
塔のてっぺん近くに大きな時計がある。
The tower was seen clearly against the blue sky.
青空を背景にその塔がくっきり見えた。
Many years have been spent in building the tower.
その塔を建てるのに長い年月が費やされた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English tour, tur, tor, from Old English tūr, tor, torr ("tower; rock"; > English tor) and Old French tour, toer, tor; both from Latin turris (“a tower”), Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) (Hesychius), τύρσις (túrsis). Displaced native Middle English stepel for the general sense of "tower". Compare Scots tour, towr, towre (“tower”), West Frisian toer (“tower”), Dutch toren (“tower”), German Turm (“tower”), Danish tårn (“tower”), Swedish torn (“tower”), Icelandic turn (“tower”), Welsh tŵr. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and turret.