Spire



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 教堂) 尖顶
• ［英］ n. ( 教堂) 尖顶 ( the upper tapering part; pinnacle)
• ［类］ spire : church / minaret : mosque ( 尖顶是教堂的顶端 / 尖塔是寺庙的顶端)
• ［例］ the spire of a mountain ( 山顶)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spīr; akin to Middle Dutch spier blade of grass
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a slender tapering blade or stalk (as of grass)
• 2. the upper tapering part of something (as a tree or antler) ; pinnacle
• 3.
  • a. a tapering roof or analogous pyramidal construction surmounting a tower
  • b. steeple <a church spire>

II. intransitive verb (spired; spiring)

• Date: 14th century
• to rise like a spire

III. noun

• Etymology: Latin spira coil, from Greek speira; perhaps akin to Greek sparton rope, esparto
• Date: 1545
• 1.
  • a. spiral
  • b. coil
• 2. the inner or upper part of a spiral gastropod shell consisting of all the whorls except the whorl in contact with the body

IV. intransitive verb (spired; spiring)

• Date: 1591
• to rise in or as if in a spiral

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