steeple / ˈsti pəl /

⚽高中词汇尖顶尖塔尖顶大厦尖顶式建筑

steeple2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
  2. a tower terminating in such a construction.
  3. a spire.
v. 有主动词 verb

stee·pled, stee·pling.

  1. to provide with or form into a steeple or steeplelike configuration.

steeple 近义词

n. 名词 noun

tower

更多steeple例句

  1. About a century later, the sport was adapted for purely human use in Britain, with athletes running from town to town, steeple to steeple, while surmounting the obstacles without the assistance of a horse.
  2. There were creeks for fresh water and floodwrack for firewood and the woods so thick you could practically sleep within sight of a church steeple or police station and no one would know.
  3. The tallest building in the town where I grew up might have been three stories—the church steeple probably was the tallest thing.
  4. From the top of the Church steeple, the highest point in this prefabricated settlement, I could only gawk at the carnage below.
  5. Note to Wall Street tourists: If you need to pee, look for the steeple.
  6. They walked along the track, picking out a church steeple here and there, forgetting for a moment the object of their search.
  7. Before mounting to his bed in the steeple, he went to offer a pious prayer to the Lady of Le Puy.
  8. It has a very churchly look, and if the steeple were at the other end, it would be equally orthodox.
  9. The original design includes a beautiful steeple, surmounted with pinnacles; but want of funds precludes its erection.
  10. It is near the western edge of the village of Greenough, the gilt cupola of whose eminent steeple is noted by far-passing ships.