单词 | obelisk |
释义 | ob·e·lisk ![]() n. 1. A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top. 2. The dagger sign (†), used especially as a reference mark. Also called dagger, obelus. [Latin obeliscus, from Greek obeliskos, diminutive of obelos, a spit, obelisk.] ob′e·liscal (-lĭskəl) adj. ob′e·liskoid′ (-koid′) adj. ![]() red granite obelisk at Luxor Temple Luxor, Egypt |
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