Old English stepel (Mercian), stiepel (West Saxon) "high tower," related to steap "high, lofty," from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (see steep (adj.)). Also the name of a lofty style of women's head-dress from the 14th century. Steeple-house (1640s) was the old Quaker way of referring to "a church edifice," to avoid in that sense using church, which had with them a more restricted meaning.
雙語例句
1. The steeple soars skyward.
尖頂高高聳立。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I checked my watch against the steeple clock.
我根據(jù)教堂尖塔的大鐘對(duì)了表.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. A steeple tops the church.
教堂的頂端是一個(gè)尖型結(jié)構(gòu).
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. Soldiers using a multiple rocket launcher scored a direct hit on the steeple of a church.
士兵們使用多管火箭筒直接擊中一所教堂的尖塔。
來自柯林斯例句
5. At twenty - five he won a three - mile steeple - chase against the most rugged competitor.