ivory tower in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for ivory tower in the English»Italian Dictionary

ivory tower [Brit, Am ˈˌaɪv(ə)ri ˈˌtaʊ(ə)r] N fig

ivory tower

torre f d'avorio

Translations for ivory tower in the Italian»English Dictionary

torre d'avorio fig

ivory tower

torre d'avorio

ivory tower

Translations for ivory tower in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.tower [Brit ˈtaʊə, Am ˈtaʊ(ə)r] N

tower

torre f

II.tower [Brit ˈtaʊə, Am ˈtaʊ(ə)r] VB intr

1. tower (dominate):

to tower above or over village, countryside

torreggiare su or dominare

to tower above or over sb

torreggiare su or sovrastare qn

to tower above or over sb (menacingly)

sovrastare qn dall'alto della propria statura

2. tower (outstrip):

to tower above rival, peer

dominare

III.tower [Brit ˈtaʊə, Am ˈtaʊ(ə)r]

to be a tower of strength

essere saldo come una torre

she's been a tower of strength to me

per me è stata un vero sostegno

I.ivory [Brit ˈʌɪv(ə)ri, Am ˈaɪv(ə)ri] N

1. ivory (substance):

ivory U

avorio m

ivory before n object

d'avorio

2. ivory (ornament):

ivory

(oggetto in) avorio m

3. ivory (colour):

ivory

avorio m

II.ivory [Brit ˈʌɪv(ə)ri, Am ˈaɪv(ə)ri] ADJ

ivory skin, complexion:

ivory

eburneo, d'avorio

III.ivory [Brit ˈʌɪv(ə)ri, Am ˈaɪv(ə)ri]

to tickle the ivories hum

strimpellare il pianoforte

ivory tower in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ivory tower in the English»Italian Dictionary

ivory tower N fig

ivory tower

torre f d'avorio

Translations for ivory tower in the English»Italian Dictionary

tower [ˈta·ʊɚ] N

tower

torre f

Phrases:

a tower of strength

un pilastro

ivory <-ies> [ˈaɪ·və·ri] N

1. ivory:

ivory

avorio m

2. ivory pl inf MUS:

ivory

tasti f pl (del pianoforte)

to tickle the ivories fig

suonare il piano

3. ivory pl sl ANAT:

ivory

denti m pl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He brought history out of the ivory tower and into people's lives.

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Climate evangelism was for the longest time just an ivory tower issue that only that one sector discussed.

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A perceived lack of support drove student entrepreneurs to abandon the ivory tower before finishing.

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From bookstores and landscaping to email and finances, the ivory tower is turning to the private sector to stay in business.

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Today, however, that stereotypical ivory tower is an outward looking open-concept room with a welcome mat on the doorstep.

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In a state-dominated mass society, the lonely, lucid, intellectual bermensch can only retreat in his ivory tower.

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That certainly was not the stereotypical image of the aloof university professor in the ivory tower.

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New platforms are allowing museums to break free of the confines of the academic ivory tower and engage with their communities like never before.

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Fry's reputation was as an ivory tower liberal who believed that art inhabits a self-contained formal space remote from the vulgar world.

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The protagonist is an artist of the ivory tower who goes to a remote beautiful place to portray nature.

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