to be much higher or taller than the people or things that are near 高于，超过（附近的人或物）
The cliffs towered above them.
悬崖峭壁高耸于他们上方。
He towered over his classmates.
他的个儿比班里其他同学高出一大截。
during my second year of junior high school, most of my classmates towered above me at that time.