steeple
英['sti?p(?)l]
美['stipl]
- n. 尖塔；尖頂
- vt. 把…建成尖塔
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?steeples;
助記提示
1. steep => steeple.
2. steep + -le (diminutive) => steeple "high tower".
中文詞源
steeple 教堂的尖塔
來自古英語 stepel,高塔，詞源同 steep,高聳的，-el,小詞后綴。引申詞義教堂的尖塔。
英文詞源
- steeple (n.)
- Old English stepel (Mercian), stiepel (West Saxon) "high tower," related to steap "high, lofty," from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (see steep (adj.)). Also the name of a lofty style of women's head-dress from the 14th century. Steeple-house (1640s) was the old Quaker way of referring to "a church edifice," to avoid in that sense using church, which had with them a more restricted meaning.
雙語例句
- 1. The steeple soars skyward.
- 尖頂高高聳立。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I checked my watch against the steeple clock.
- 我根據(jù)教堂尖塔的大鐘對了表.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. A steeple tops the church.
- 教堂的頂端是一個尖型結(jié)構(gòu).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Soldiers using a multiple rocket launcher scored a direct hit on the steeple of a church.
- 士兵們使用多管火箭筒直接擊中一所教堂的尖塔。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. At twenty - five he won a three - mile steeple - chase against the most rugged competitor.
- 在 二十五 歲的時候,他在三哩 越野 比賽中戰(zhàn)勝了最強壯的競爭對手.
來自辭典例句