Torre in english
Tower
pronunciation: taʊɜr part of speech: noun
pronunciation: taʊɜr part of speech: noun
In gestures
torre1 = tower.
Example: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.more:
» encerrado en su torre de marfil = ivory-towered .
Example: Ethics was embodied by ivory-towered theoreticians with an undisguised contempt for profit makers.» torre de alta tensión = pylon ; electricity pylon .
Example: There are those who argue the string of pylons will deface the landscape, and there are those who insist the electromagnetic radiation will give everyone cancer. Example: Electricity pylons and power lines do pose a cancer risk, a heavyweight panel of American experts has concluded.» torre de Babel, la = Tower of Babel, the .
Example: The article 'How to install an elevator in the Tower of Babel' deals with linguistic problems in the use of English-language information services in non-English-speaking countries.» torre de CDROMs = multi-disc CD-ROM server .
Example: Instead of logging directly to the online platform, users can log to the library's LAN, on which the catalogue and multi-disk CDROM servers are separate options.» torre del homenaje = donjon .
Example: Neither does it have a donjon, but the three-tiered turret positioned on the south-west side of the castle grounds was its symbol.» torre del reloj = clocktower .
Example: They will be fingerprinted and photographed, dressed in prison greens and incarcerated in a gaolhouse next to the clocktower in Raymond St.» torre del tendido eléctrico = pylon ; electricity pylon .
Example: There are those who argue the string of pylons will deface the landscape, and there are those who insist the electromagnetic radiation will give everyone cancer. Example: Electricity pylons and power lines do pose a cancer risk, a heavyweight panel of American experts has concluded.» torre de marfil = ivory tower .
Example: We run grave risks of being regarded as ivory tower navel-gazers if we ignore the widespread practical applications of bibliographical work.» torre de refrigeración = cooling tower .
Example: The exhibition displays grain elevators, water towers, cooling towers, and coal bunkers photographed in Europe and the USA, 1963-1978.» torre de vigilancia = watchtower .
Example: The report also includes a description of a watchtower on a neighboring hill which is probably of the same date.» Torre Eiffel, la = Eiffel Tower, the .
Example: The Eiffel Tower is recognized as the universal symbol of Paris, and has stood as the focus of attention of a large number of poets, novelists, dramatists, essayists, and journalists throughout the world.» torre inclinada de Pisa, la = Leaning Tower of Pisa, the .
Example: The Leaning Tower of Pisa isn't in the list of 'The Seven Wonders'; but that doesn't make this structure any less miraculous.torre2 = rook.
Example: Castling is the only situation where two pieces -- always the King and one of the Rooks -- are moved at the same time.