高聳

高耸
gāosǒng
  1. erect
  2. towering
  3. to stand tall

CEDICT

to stand tall and straight; to tower

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  1. erect
  2. stab
直立 zhí
  1. erect
  2. upright
  3. vertical
tǐng
  1. straight
  2. erect
  3. to stick out (a part of the body)
  4. to (physically) straighten up
  5. to support
  6. to withstand
  7. outstanding
  8. (coll.) quite
  9. very
  10. classifier for machine guns
我挺忙。

I'm pretty busy.

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翹硬 qiàoyìng
  1. hard
  2. erect
  3. to be in erection
tíng
  1. pavilion
  2. booth
  3. kiosk
  4. erect
崢嶸 zhēngróng
  1. towering
  2. lofty and steep (mountains)
  3. extraordinary
  4. outstanding
zhǎn
  1. towering
  2. prominent
  3. very
  4. extremely
  5. (dialect) marvelous
  6. excellent
巍巍 wēiwēi
  1. towering
  2. imposing
高矗 gāochù towering
岌嶪
  1. high and steep
  2. towering
  3. perilous
崔巍 cuīwēi
  1. tall
  2. towering
嶄然 zhǎnrán
  1. outstanding
  2. towering
wēi
  1. lofty
  2. towering
  3. Taiwan pr. wéi
巍峨 wēié
  1. lofty
  2. towering
  3. majestic
四面八方都是巍峨的雪峰,將他們包圍起來,彼此交錯,一直延伸到遙遠的地平線。兩側的岩岸陡峭無比,落葉松和松樹彷彿懸在他們頭頂,只需一陣風就能轟然落下。

In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.

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巍然 wēirán
  1. majestic
  2. towering
  3. imposing
崔嵬 cuīwéi
  1. stony mound
  2. rocky mountain
  3. lofty
  4. towering
sǒng
  1. to excite
  2. to raise up
  3. to shrug
  4. high
  5. lofty
  6. towering
她聳了聳肩。

She shrugged her shoulders.

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聳立 sǒng
  1. to stand tall
  2. to tower aloft
我們突然向下望去,只見一個杯狀的窪地,上麵點綴著矮小的橡樹和被多年風暴肆虐扭曲變形的蕨類植物。兩座高聳狹窄的塔樓聳立在樹梢之上。車夫用鞭子指著前方。他說:「巴斯克維爾莊園。」

Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with stunted oaks and furs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip. “Baskerville Hall,” said he.

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