steeple

英['stiːp(ə)l] 美['stipl]
  • n. 尖塔;尖顶
  • vt. 把…建成尖塔

词态变化


复数: steeples;

助记提示


1. steep => steeple.
2. steep + -le (diminutive) => steeple "high tower".

中文词源


steeple 教堂的尖塔

来自古英语 stepel,高塔,词源同 steep,高耸的,-el,小词后缀。引申词义教堂的尖塔。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. The steeple soars skyward.
尖顶高高耸立。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I checked my watch against the steeple clock.
我根据教堂尖塔的大钟对了表.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. A steeple tops the church.
教堂的顶端是一个尖型结构.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Soldiers using a multiple rocket launcher scored a direct hit on the steeple of a church.
士兵们使用多管火箭筒直接击中一所教堂的尖塔。

来自柯林斯例句

5. At twenty - five he won a three - mile steeple - chase against the most rugged competitor.
在 二十五 岁的时候,他在三哩 越野 比赛中战胜了最强壮的竞争对手.

来自辞典例句