spire
spire 英 [ˈspaɪə(r)] 美 [spaɪr]
n. [建] 尖顶；尖塔；螺旋 vi. 螺旋形上升 vt. 给…加塔尖
名词复数:spires
- A pointed cone shape on top of a building is called a spire, especially when it rises from the roof of a church.
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- n. [建] 尖顶；尖塔；螺旋
- vi. 螺旋形上升
- vt. 给…加塔尖
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1. You may be one of those guys who thinks there’s nothing cooler than a superhero brooding on a rooftop or cathedral spire.
也许你跟别的有些人一样觉得某个超级英雄盘踞在楼顶或者大教堂的尖顶上沉思的场面最酷不过了。
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2. In the distance, the golden spire of the Leifeng Pagoda, a stunning 10th-century landmark rebuilt only eight years ago, emerges out of the greenery.
在远处，雷锋塔的尖顶显现在绿色的丛林之上。 这座壮观的地标建筑始建于10世纪，刚刚在八年前改建完毕。
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3. The Catholic Croats have also built a ridiculously large church spire, which stands bolt upright like an extended middle finger, dwarfing the minarets on the Muslim side of town.
信天主教的克罗地亚人还建起了大得近乎荒唐的教堂尖塔，高高矗立像竖起的中指，让城市中穆斯林一边的尖塔相形见拙。
- spire (n.) Old English spir "a sprout, shoot, spike, blade, tapering stalk of grass," from Proto-Germanic *spiraz (source also of Old Norse spira "a stalk, slender tree," Dutch spier "shoot, blade of grass," Middle Low German spir "a small point or top"), from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (see spike (n.1)). Meaning "tapering top of a tower or steeple" first recorded 1590s (a sense attested in Middle Low German since late 14c. and also found in the Scandinavian cognates).
- spire (v.) early 14c., "send up shoots," from spire (n.). Related: Spired; spiring.
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