steeple

英 ['sti?p(?)l] 美['stipl]
  • n. 尖塔；尖頂
  • vt. 把…建成尖塔
暢通詞匯TEM4GRE低頻詞

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)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(lái)自古英語(yǔ) 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(yǔ)例句

1. The steeple soars skyward.
尖頂高高聳立。

來(lái)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(duì)了表.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. A steeple tops the church.
教堂的頂端是一個(gè)尖型結(jié)構(gòu).

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)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(lái)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(shí)候,他在三哩 越野 比賽中戰(zhàn)勝了最強(qiáng)壯的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手.

來(lái)自辭典例句