Spire

(v. i.) To breathe.

(n.) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.

(n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself.

(n.) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.

(n.) The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.

(v. i.) To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.

(n.) A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.

(n.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.

塞西尔编辑

• The spire of Evian shone under the woods that surrounded it, and the range of mountain above mountain by which it was overhung. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I tried to reach the porch of a great building near, but the mass of frontage and the giant spire turned black and vanished from my eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The church spire is reckoned remarkably handsome. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Each spire is surmounted by a statue six and a half feet high. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I spects, if they 's to pull every spire o' har out o' my head, it wouldn't do no good, neither,--I 's so wicked! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The church with the slender spire, that stands on the top of the hill now, was not there then to tell me the time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I'd do as much for our Jimmy any day if I had a spire of hair worth selling. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He appeared as tall as an ordinary spire steeple, and took about ten yards at every stride, as near as I could guess. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Among the trees and not far from the residence he pointed out the spire of the little church of which he had spoken. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He looked but for certain landmarks--the spire of Briarfield Church; farther on, the lights of Redhouse. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Good God, how his heart beat as the two friendly spires of Southampton came in sight. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• How sharply its pinnacled angles and its wilderness of spires were cut against the sky, and how richly their shadows fell upon its snowy roof! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In fancy we shall see Milan again, and her stately Cathedral with its marble wilderness of graceful spires. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Eva joyously pointed out the various spires, domes, and way-marks, by which she recognized her native city. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• And now, while the distant domes and spires of New Orleans rise to our view, there is yet time for an introduction to Miss Ophelia. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It has one hundred and thirty-six spires--twenty-one more are to be added. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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