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单词 fire tower
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Definition of fire tower in English:

fire tower

noun
  • A tower built to create an elevated point from which to watch for fires, especially forest fires.

    a traditional wooden fire tower
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I climb an old fire tower in the middle of the refuge.
    • They had no means of communication except on the top of the fire tower.
    • It was Joburg's first formal fire station and it is the only remaining fire tower in the city.
    • The basin is relatively insecure and offers little in the way of conventional safety equipment such as fire towers.
    • While I waited I realized that I hadn't taken a good look at him since having driven past a condemned barn and fire tower.
    • I worked in a fire tower for years.
    • The fire tower sits atop what is variously known as the Second Dome or the Fire Dome.
    • I realize that one person sitting in the fire tower could have done a better job than all of us could have done on Mt Pleasant.
    • She spent four summers working on fire towers in western Idaho and eastern Oregon.
    • In December last year the pair tackled a man who had scaled the 80-foot fire tower at the training centre.
 
 

Definition of fire tower in US English:

fire tower

noun
  • A tower, often at a high elevation, that especially in former years was staffed by a lookout for the detection of fires occurring over a wide area.

    a traditional wooden fire tower
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I worked in a fire tower for years.
    • The fire tower sits atop what is variously known as the Second Dome or the Fire Dome.
    • She spent four summers working on fire towers in western Idaho and eastern Oregon.
    • I climb an old fire tower in the middle of the refuge.
    • In December last year the pair tackled a man who had scaled the 80-foot fire tower at the training centre.
    • I realize that one person sitting in the fire tower could have done a better job than all of us could have done on Mt Pleasant.
    • It was Joburg's first formal fire station and it is the only remaining fire tower in the city.
    • The basin is relatively insecure and offers little in the way of conventional safety equipment such as fire towers.
    • While I waited I realized that I hadn't taken a good look at him since having driven past a condemned barn and fire tower.
    • They had no means of communication except on the top of the fire tower.
 
 
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