clock tower

英 [ˈklɒk taʊə(r)]

美 [ˈklɑːk taʊər]

n.  钟楼

牛津词典

noun

• 钟楼
  a tall tower, usually part of another building, with a clock at the top

柯林斯词典

• 钟楼
  Aclock toweris a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.

英英释义

noun

• a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face

双语例句

• Big Ben ′, in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, first began working.
  伦敦英国议会大厦钟楼上的“大本钟”开始运转。
• They are going to floodlight the clock tower.
  他们打算用泛光灯给钟楼照明。
• Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on.
  牧师拿着手电筒走上钟塔看看发生了什么事。
• At present the famous central London landmark is described by the Palace of Westminster as the Clock Tower.
  目前，这座伦敦中心的地标性建筑仅被国会议员们简单地称为钟塔。
• The enormous new university building in Xinle City, Hebei Province, features a giant clock tower, castle walls and turrets.
  这座宏伟的高校新校舍位于河北省新乐市，是一座有着高耸的塔楼、石壁和塔楼的城堡建筑。
• The clock tower, one of the very few remnants of a by-gone era, is very well maintained.
  钟楼是一个已远去的时代仅存的几样遗存物之一，维护得很好。
• It is believed to be the first freestanding purpose built clock tower in the world.
  它被认为是世界上第一个独立的内置时钟塔。
• Beside it stands a high clock tower capped with the famous Big Ben whose chimes can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C radio.
  其旁边就是著名的大笨钟的钟塔，大笨钟的钟声通过英国广播公司的广播传遍了世界各地。
• Apparently its clock tower is KL's answer to Big Ben.
  吉隆坡的这座钟楼和英国大本钟不相上下。
• The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower are one of London's iconic land ­ marks.
  大笨钟是伦敦威斯敏斯特宫北端的大钟的昵称，通常也用来指那块巨型钟表和塔楼。