spire
英 [spaɪə]
美 ['spaɪr]
- n. [建] 尖頂；尖塔；螺旋
- vi. 螺旋形上升
- vt. 給…加塔尖
- n. (Spire)人名；(德)施皮雷；(法)斯皮爾
助記提示
1. 注意區分：squire <=> spire.
2. PIE base *spei- "sharp point" => spire.
3. 同源詞：spine, spike, spoke (n.), spit (n.2).
4. It is used for the 'tip of a spiral shell'.
中文詞源
spire 教堂等頂部的尖頂，尖塔來自古英語 spir,尖刺，來自 Proto-Germanic*spiraz,尖刺，來自 PIE*spei,尖刺，刺點，詞源同 spike,spoke.後用於指教堂頂部的尖頂，尖塔等。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The spire of the tower dominates the foreground.
- 塔尖在前景中占了主要地位.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The church spire was struck by lightning.
- 教堂的尖頂遭到了雷擊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The tower culminates in a 40 - foot spire.
- 這塔的頂端是一個40英尺高的塔尖.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. No one would dream of straightening out the knobbly spire at Empingham Church.
- 誰都無法將埃姆平漢教堂疙瘩嶙峋的尖頂弄直。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began to sink.
- 他們建南邊的塔尖時，地基就開始下沉了。
來自柯林斯例句