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- a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower（尤指教堂塔楼的）尖顶。
1.1
- the continuation of a tree trunk above the point where branching begins, especially in a tree of a tapering form（尤指尖顶形树木的）抽条（指树干向上的延伸部分, 树枝在此展开）。
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- a long tapering object长而一端逐渐尖细的物体：
spires of delphiniums.
长而尖的翠雀草。
派生词
spired
adjectivespiry
adjective词源
Old English spīr 'tall slender stem of a plant'; related to German Spier 'tip of a blade of grass'.