| 单词 | spire |
| 释义 | spire spire1 —spireless, adj. /spuyeur/, n. , v. , spired, spiring. n. 1. a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc. 2. a similar construction forming the upper part of a steeple. See illus. under steeple. 3. a tapering, pointed part of something; a tall, sharp-pointed summit, peak, or the like: the distant spires of the mountains. 4. the highest point or summit of something: the spire of a hill; the spire of one's profession. 5. a sprout or shoot of a plant, as an acrospire of grain or a blade or spear of grass. v.i. 6. to shoot or rise into spirelike form; rise or extend to a height in the manner of a spire. [bef. 1000; ME; OE spir spike, blade; c. MD spier, MLG spir shoot, sprout, sprig, ON spira stalk] spire2 —spireless, adj. /spuyeur/, n. 1. a coil or spiral. 2. one of the series of convolutions of a coil or spiral. 3. Zool. the upper, convoluted part of a spiral shell, above the aperture. [1565-75; < L spira < Gk speîra; see SPIRAL] |
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