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单词 steeple
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
stee•ple /ˈstipəl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Architecturea tower having an ornamental top in the shape of a spire, built on a church, public building, etc.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
stee•ple  (stē′pəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -pled, -pling. 
n. 
  1. Architecturean ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
  2. Architecturea tower terminating in such a construction.
  3. Architecture(loosely) a spire.

v.t. 
  1. to provide with or form into a steeple or steeplelike configuration.
  • Middle English stepel steeple, tower, Old English stēpel tower. See steep1, -le bef. 1000
stee′pled, adj. 
stee′ple•less, adj. 
stee′ple•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
steeple /ˈstiːpəl/ n
  1. a tall ornamental tower that forms the superstructure of a church, temple, etc
  2. such a tower with the spire above it
  3. any spire or pointed structure
Etymology: Old English stēpel; see steep1

ˈsteepled adj
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