| 词汇 | spire |
| 释义 | spire noun[ C ] uk /spaɪər/ us /spaɪr/ a tall, pointed structure on top of a building, especially on top of a church tower（尤指教堂顶部的）尖塔，尖顶 Synonym steeple Compare towernoun Pusteflower9024/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Parts of religious buildings altar apse belfry bell tower chancel cloister confessional crypt flying buttress font gargoyle nave pew pulpit rood screen rose window sanctuary transept vault vestry spire | American Dictionaryspire noun[ C ] us/spɑɪər/ a tall, narrow structure that rises to a point, esp. on a church: The mountains’ rocky spires surrounded us. Examples of spirespire A spire is an inherent part of a building, and this imposes a semantic relation restriction on the denotation of the complement. Moreover, the notions of 'conceptual autonomy' and 'conceptual dependency' fail to capture the difference in conceptualization between, for example, the nouns church and spire. Prior to steel construction, church towers and spires were the sole pointers to the sky. Even the sky is building to thunder; and it is impossible to believe other than that, in the church spire, the bells are pealing discordantly. The measurement of the overall shell height was taken from the base of the aperture to the top of the spire. Two substantial glazed apertures in the south elevation provide views south towards a nearby spire. For 'spire', too, the cognitive perspective is that of 'church'. Let us consider the role of conceptual perspective in distinguishing between the concepts 'church' and 'spire'. Similarly, mention of the word spire will automatically evoke a larger knowledge structure of, for instance, 'church', as well as any general information we may have about spires (and churches). As we have seen, the two concepts differ in that whereas 'church' is typically conceptualized as a whole, 'spire' is typically conceptualized as part of some larger knowledge structure. During the war the spire was taken down and was accidentally used by some troops for making a road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I regret that there is no record of the number of church spires affected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet we have this drive to keep going a church with a broken spire and bits falling off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Owing to difficulties in connection with lighting the spire itself, the obstruction light was placed about 100 yards away in a group of trees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Water penetration has caused corrosion which has weakened the iron structure of the roof and spire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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