| 释义 |
obeliskob‧e‧lisk /ˈɒbəlɪsk $ ˈɑː-, ˈoʊ-/ noun [countable]   obeliskOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin obeliscus, from Greek, from obelos ‘pointed pillar’ - Above the col jutted the imposing obelisk of Ama Dablam.
- Hot water poured out the tops of basalt pillars that normally stand as cold obelisks in the middle of drained-back lava ponds.
- I copied the inscriptions on the plaque and the obelisk in my notebook.
- In the adjoining Garden on the Ramparts stand two obelisks marking the place where the victims of the Defenestration fell in 1618.
- In the middle of the wood was an obelisk commemorating the Emperor.
- It is in the form of a 20-foot high stone obelisk, and gives distances to no less than 3 6 towns.
- My father went out and I was left alone with the obelisk.
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