spire

spire1
noun
  1. 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
    ■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）
    ■a long tapering object
    长而一端尖细的物体
    spires of delphiniums.
    长而尖的翠雀草。
派生
spired
adjective
spiry
adjective
语源
  1. Old English spīr 'tall slender stem of a plant'; related to German Spier 'tip of a blade of grass'
spire2
noun
  1. (Zoology)the upper tapering part of the spiral shell of a gastropod mollusc, comprising all but the whorl containing the body
    (动)（腹足纲软体动物螺壳的）螺旋部，螺塔
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in the general sense 'a spiral'): from French, or via Latin from Greek speira 'a coil'
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