英汉词典

spire 基本解释

• 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

spire 词态变化

spire 中文词源

来自古英语 spir,尖刺，来自 Proto-Germanic*spiraz,尖刺，来自 PIE*spei,尖刺，刺点，词源同 spike,spoke.后用于指教堂顶部的尖顶，尖塔等。

spire 英文词源

spire (n.)

Old English spir "a sprout, shoot, spike, blade, tapering stalk of grass," from Proto-Germanic *spiraz (cognates: 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.

spire 英文释义

1. a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

spire 双语例句

1. The spire of the tower dominates the foreground.

塔尖在前景中占了主要地位.

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2. The church spire was struck by lightning.

教堂的尖顶遭到了雷击.

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3. The tower culminates in a 40 - foot spire.

这塔的顶端是一个40英尺高的塔尖.

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4. No one would dream of straightening out the knobbly spire at Empingham Church.

谁都无法将埃姆平汉教堂疙瘩嶙峋的尖顶弄直。

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5. When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began to sink.

他们建南边的塔尖时，地基就开始下沉了。

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spire 实用场景例句

A black iron cock sits on the spire of the town church.

一只黑色的铁公鸡坐在村里教堂的塔尖上.

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Brave souls may climb the 150 stairs winding outside the spire to its top.

勇敢的人可能会爬上那蜿蜒在尖塔外直通塔顶的一百五十层阶梯.

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We looked at the tower the spire of which was golden.

我们望着塔尖是金黄色的那座塔.

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Awesome design. It looks like Burj al Alam if it had a spire.

很棒的设计, 它就像爱尔爱兰塔上加上了尖顶.

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With the example of the RH curer , the paper discusses how RP & M accelerate Knowledge Spire.

以 RH 治疗仪为产品创新实例, 详细探讨了快速成型技术如何加快知识螺旋.

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The spire of the tower dominates the foreground.

塔尖在前景中占了主要地位.

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A spire swam into my ken.

一个尖塔滑进我的视界.

辞典例句

He saw the spire of another reef far on starboard quarter but that told him nothing.

他能看到船舷右后方很远的海域有一片尖耸的海礁,不过这对于辨识陆地方位根本无济于事.

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A small turret or spire on a roof or buttress.

有以百叶窗遮蔽的钟塔和尖顶的教堂;装了绿色百叶窗的小别墅.

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Ptolus lies between the Spire and the sea.

托勒斯坐落在海洋与“大尖顶”之间.

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As a matter of course, these spire shaped patterns do not represent the actual temperature.

当然, 这些尖顶形图案并不代表实际温度.

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Its spire is formed from the entwined tails of three dragons.

它的塔尖乃是三只互相缠绕的龙尾巴.

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The church spire tapers off to a point.

教堂的尖顶逐渐变细,形成了一个尖头儿.

辞典例句

Spire: Steeply pointed termination to a tower or roof.

塔尖顶: 塔或屋顶上尖锐陡峭的顶部.

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We could see the spire of the church in the distance.

我们可以看到远处教堂的尖塔.

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But of them all, this one alone was topped by a thin spire.

所有塔中, 只有这一座有个细长的石柱矗立在塔顶平台上.

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They could just make out the spire of the church in the distance.

他们只能辨认出远处教堂的尖塔.

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Not even the spire of a distant village.

连远村的钟楼也瞧不见一个.

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Gaia : Hidden deep within the spire lie the Sisters.

盖亚: 在命运女神巢穴的隐秘深处.

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Some Gothic church towers were designed to carry a spire; others had flat roofs.

有些哥德式教堂塔的设计带有塔尖, 有些则为平面屋顶.

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The church spire was struck by lightning.

教堂的尖顶遭到了雷击.

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The Rend Blackhand arena event in Upper Blackrock Spire will now properly reset after a wipe.

黑上雷德黑手竞技场在团灭后会正确的重置了.

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The snow around base of the spire was churned up and drenched with blood.

高地周围的雪被鲜血湿透,像浆泥一般.

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No one would dream of straightening out the knobbly spire at Empingham Church.

谁都无法将埃姆平汉教堂疙瘩嶙峋的尖顶弄直。

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When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began to sink.

他们建南边的塔尖时，地基就开始下沉了。

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