torre-1
tower.
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.
encerrado en su torre de marfil
ivory-towered
Ethics was embodied by ivory-towered theoreticians with an undisguised contempt for profit makers.
torre de alta tensión
pylon
electricity pylon
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Electricity pylons and power lines do pose a cancer risk, a heavyweight panel of American experts has concluded.
torre de marfil
ivory tower
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
The exhibition displays grain elevators, water towers, cooling towers, and coal bunkers photographed in Europe and the USA, 1963-1978.
torre de vigilancia
watchtower
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
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
The Leaning Tower of Pisa isn't in the list of 'The Seven Wonders'; but that doesn't make this structure any less miraculous.
