spire
尖顶
常用释义
英音[ ˈspaɪə(r) ]
美音[ ˈspaɪər ]
变形
复数:
spires
第三人称单数:
spires
现在分词:
spiring
过去式:
spired
过去分词:
spired
基本释义
- n. [建]尖顶;尖塔;螺旋
- vi. 螺旋形上升
- vt. 给……加塔尖
- n. (Spire)人名;(德)施皮雷;(法)斯皮尔
例句
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1·No one would dream of straightening out the church's knobbly spire.没人会梦想使教堂的圆形尖顶变直。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·Donald perches on a nearby tree and the mouth pointed in the direction of the spire.唐纳德栖息在附近的一棵树上,嘴巴指向尖顶的方向。
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3·You may be one of those guys who thinks there's nothing cooler than a superhero brooding on a rooftop or cathedral spire.也许你也是那种认为没有什么比超级英雄在屋顶或教堂塔尖上沉思更酷的人。
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4·The glittering spire atop the tower of the daytime through my window, would no longer be visible now in the early morning haze.白天透过窗子能够看到塔楼顶上闪闪发光的塔尖,此时在清晨的薄雾中当然看不见了。
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5·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,雷锋塔的金色塔尖显现在绿树丛中,这座壮观的 10 世纪地标建筑始是在八年前重建的。
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6·As hundreds of tourists and Parisians stood and watched the flames leaping from the roof, there was shock and tears as the cathedral spire caught fire, burned, and then collapsed into itself.数百名游客和巴黎人站在那里看着火焰从屋顶上跃起,当大教堂的塔尖着火,燃烧,然后倒塌时,人们震惊并流泪。
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7·The fire, which had started at the base of the 93-metre spire at about 6: 40 pm on Monday, spread through the cathedral's roof, made up of hundreds of oak beams, some dating back to the 13th century.周一下午6点40分左右,大火从93米高的塔尖底部开始,蔓延到教堂的屋顶。教堂的屋顶由数百根橡木梁组成,其中一些梁的历史可以追溯到13世纪。
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8·The tower is surmounted with a spire.该塔顶上装竖着塔尖。
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9·Ruskin- a huge church-spire upside down.一个巨大的颠倒的教堂尖顶。
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10·It was a church with a shuttered belfry and spire.那是一座有百叶窗的钟楼和尖顶的教堂。
同根词
词根:
spire
spiral
adj
螺旋形的;盘旋的
spirally
adv
成螺旋形地
spiral
n
螺旋;旋涡;螺旋形之物
spiral
vi
盘旋;成螺旋形;螺旋形上升(过去式spiraled/spiralled,过去分词spiraled/spiralled,现在分词spiraling/spiralling,第三人称单数spirals,副词spirally)
spiral
vt
使成螺旋形;使作螺旋形上升