steeple 音标拼音: [st'ipəl]
n . 尖塔
尖塔
steeple n 1 :
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (
usually a church or temple )
and that tapers to a point at the top [
synonym : {
steeple }, {
spire }]
Steeple \
Stee "
ple \ (
st [=
e ]"
p '
l ),
n . [
OE .
stepel ,
AS .
st [=
e ]
pel ,
st [=
y ]
pel ;
akin to E .
steep ,
a .] (
Arch .)
A spire ;
also ,
the tower and spire taken together ;
the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form .
See {
Spire }. "
A weathercock on a steeple ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Rood steeple }.
See {
Rood tower },
under {
Rood }.
{
Steeple bush } (
Bot .),
a low shrub ({
Spiraea tomentosa })
having dense panicles of minute rose -
colored flowers ;
hardhack .
{
Steeple chase },
a race across country between a number of horsemen ,
to see which can first reach some distant object ,
as a church steeple ;
hence ,
a race over a prescribed course obstructed by such obstacles as one meets in riding across country ,
as hedges ,
walls ,
etc .
{
Steeple chaser },
one who rides in a steeple chase ;
also ,
a horse trained to run in a steeple chase .
{
Steeple engine },
a vertical back -
acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead .
{
Steeple house },
a church . [
Obs .] --
Jer .
Taylor .
[
1913 Webster ]
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "
steeple ":
antenna tower ,
barbican ,
belfry ,
bell tower ,
campanile ,
cog ,
colossus ,
column ,
comb ,
crag ,
cupola ,
derrick ,
dome ,
fang ,
fire tower ,
harrow ,
jag ,
lantern ,
lighthouse ,
martello ,
martello tower ,
mast ,
minaret ,
monument ,
obelisk ,
observation tower ,
pagoda ,
peak ,
pecten ,
pilaster ,
pillar ,
pinnacle ,
pole ,
projection ,
pylon ,
pyramid ,
rake ,
ratchet ,
sawtooth ,
shaft ,
skyscraper ,
snag ,
snaggle ,
spire ,
sprocket ,
spur ,
standpipe ,
stupa ,
television mast ,
tooth ,
tope ,
tour ,
tower ,
turret ,
water tower ,
windmill tower
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