steeple

• n. 尖塔；尖頂
• vt. 把…建成尖塔

來自古英語 stepel,高塔，詞源同 steep,高聳的，-el,小詞後綴。引申詞義教堂的尖塔。

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.

1. The steeple soars skyward.

尖頂高高聳立。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I checked my watch against the steeple clock.

我根據教堂尖塔的大鍾對了表.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. A steeple tops the church.

教堂的頂端是一個尖型結構.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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 歲的時候,他在三哩 越野 比賽中戰勝了最強壯的競爭對手.

來自辭典例句