| 单词 | spire |
| 释义 | spire noun[C] uk/spaɪər/us/spaɪr/atall,pointedstructureontopof abuilding,especiallyontopof achurchtower （尤指教堂顶部的）尖塔，尖顶Synonym steeple Compare towernoun  Pusteflower9024/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Parts of religious buildings
spire| American Dictionaryspire noun[C] us/spɑɪər/atall,narrowstructurethatrisesto apoint,esp. on achurch: Themountains’rockyspiressurroundedus. Examplesofspirespire Aspireis an inherent part of a building, and this imposes a semantic relation restriction on the denotation of the complement. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, the notions of 'conceptual autonomy' and 'conceptual dependency' fail to capture the difference in conceptualization between, for example, the nouns church andspire. From theCambridge English Corpus Prior to steel construction, church towers and spires were the sole pointers to the sky. From theCambridge English Corpus Even the sky is building to thunder; and it is impossible to believe other than that, in the churchspire, the bells are pealing discordantly. From theCambridge English Corpus The measurement of the overall shell height was taken from the base of the aperture to the top of thespire. From theCambridge English Corpus Two substantial glazed apertures in the south elevation provide views south towards a nearbyspire. From theCambridge English Corpus For 'spire', too, the cognitive perspective is that of 'church'. From theCambridge English Corpus Let us consider the role of conceptual perspective in distinguishing between the concepts 'church' and 'spire'. From theCambridge English Corpus Similarly, mention of the wordspirewill automatically evoke a larger knowledge structure of, for instance, 'church', as well as any general information we may have about spires (and churches). From theCambridge English Corpus As we have seen, the two concepts differ in that whereas 'church' is typically conceptualized as a whole, 'spire' is typically conceptualized as part of some larger knowledge structure. From theCambridge English Corpus During the war thespirewas taken down and was accidentally used by some troops for making a road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I regret that there is no record of the number of church spires affected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet we have this drive to keep going a church with a brokenspireand bits falling off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Owing to difficulties in connection with lighting thespireitself, the obstruction light was placed about 100 yards away in a group of trees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Water penetration has caused corrosion which has weakened the iron structure of the roof andspire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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