steeple
英 ['stiːp(ə)l] 美 ['stipl]
- n. 尖塔；尖顶
- vt. 把…建成尖塔
词态变化
复数: steeples;
助记提示
1. steep => steeple.
2. steep + -le (diminutive) => steeple "high tower".
2. steep + -le (diminutive) => steeple "high tower".
中文词源
steeple 教堂的尖塔
来自古英语 stepel,高塔，词源同 steep,高耸的，-el,小词后缀。引申词义教堂的尖塔。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The steeple soars skyward.
- 尖顶高高耸立。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I checked my watch against the steeple clock.
- 我根据教堂尖塔的大钟对了表.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. A steeple tops the church.
- 教堂的顶端是一个尖型结构.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Soldiers using a multiple rocket launcher scored a direct hit on the steeple of a church.
- 士兵们使用多管火箭筒直接击中一所教堂的尖塔。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. At twenty - five he won a three - mile steeple - chase against the most rugged compe*.
- 在 二十五 岁的时候,他在三哩 越野 比赛中战胜了最强壮的竞争对手.
来自辞典例句