steeple

英 [ˈstiːpl]

美 [ˈstiːpl]

n.  (教堂的)尖塔

复数：steeples　过去式：steepled　现在分词：steepling　

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Collins.1 / BNC.20392 / COCA.17934

牛津词典

noun

• （教堂的）尖塔
  a tall pointed tower on the roof of a church, often with a spire on it

柯林斯词典

• (教堂的)尖塔
  Asteepleis a tall pointed structure on top of the tower of a church.

英英释义

noun

• a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
  Synonym:spire

双语例句

• I checked my watch against the steeple clock.
  我根据教堂尖塔的大钟对了表。
• The steeple rears far into the sky. The A-frame pylon harmonizes with the tall spires of the adjacent cathedral.
  教堂的塔尖直指穹苍。A形塔架同附近教堂的高耸尖塔十分协调。
• Now they're ready for the steeple chase.
  现在他们已准备进行障碍赛跑。
• They all hinge together like bats in a steeple.
  他们像尖塔里的蝙蝠似的靠拢在一起。
• Maidan, then seventeen, was sold, taken to England and put to steeple chase racing.
  麦登在十七岁时就被卖掉了，后被带到英国参加越野赛跑。
• A burglar steals from the people while a church bell peals from the steeple.
  教堂钟声鸣响时正是小偷行窃时。
• In addition, the steeple at a famous building in Scotland also had to be taken down, as corrosion and advanced rust had ravaged it.
  另外，苏格兰的一座著名建筑的尖顶将进行替换，因为腐蚀和生锈已经造成损坏。使用防腐性材料来避免将来的维修费用将是一个长期过程。
• Steeple& a tall tower forming the superstructure of a building, such as a church or temple, and usually surmounted by a spire.
  尖塔构成建筑物，如教堂或寺庙的顶部建筑的高塔，通常上有尖顶。
• The boys with one accord looked away from Old Pierre to the red church on the hill, with the gold cross flaming on its steeple.
  男孩子们一致地把目光从比尔老汉身上移到山上红教堂，那尖塔上的金色十字架发出火红的亮光。
• Another darkness was closing in as surely, when the church bells, then ringing pleasantly in many an airy steeple over France, should be melted into thundering cannon;
  另一种黑暗同祥在稳定地积聚着。那时在全法兰西的尖塔上发出欢声的铜钟将会被熔铸为发出雷鸣的大炮。