To tower over 高出、勝過
The height of the Eiffel Tower varies by 15cm due to changes in temperature.
今日小常識
The Eiffel Tower is 324 metres high. It was completed in 1889 and is visited by seven million people every year. It receives up to 30,000 visitors a day at the peak of summer.
著名的埃菲爾鐵塔高324米，于1889年落成，每年接待近700萬游客。夏季旅游高峰期日客流量達3萬人。
今日短語
短語 to tower over 的意思高過、勝過某人或某物。
例句
Joan towers over her husband when she wears her smart high heel shoes.
The new skyscraper towers over the buildings downtown.
請注意
短語 a tower of strength 可用來形容在關鍵時刻可信賴和依靠的人。
When my parents died my older brother was a tower of strength.
