| 单词 | spire-straight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspire-straight C2. With past participles or adjectives (chiefly instrumental and similative), as spire-adorned, spire-crowned, spire-shaped, spire-topped adjs.; spire-like, spire-straight adjs. ΚΠ 1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 29 He toil'd up the spire-topt hill. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 32/1 This..is covered by a very steep, or spire-shaped roof. 1879 W. Carleton Farm Ballads (new ed.) 87 The turreted, spire-adorned city. 1885 E. P. Warren & C. F. M. Cleverly Wanderings ‘Beetle’ 56 The famous Roche à Bayard, rising almost sheer from the river, soars to its spire-like peak. 1893 Daily News 27 Apr. 5/5 Each corner is adorned with a spire-crowned pavilion. 1933 C. Day Lewis Magnetic Mountain 26 There, as a candle's beam Stands firm and will not waver Spire-straight in a close chamber. < as lemmas |
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