Old English stepel (Mercian), stiepel (West Saxon) "high tower," related to steap "high, lofty," from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (see steep (adj.)). Also the name of a lofty style of women's head-dress from the 14th century. Steeple-house (1640s) was the old Quaker way of referring to "a church edifice," to avoid in that sense using church, which had with them a more restricted meaning.
实用例句
1. The steeple soars skyward.
尖顶高高耸立。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I checked my watch against the steeple clock.
我根据教堂尖塔的大钟对了表.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. A steeple tops the church.
教堂的顶端是一个尖型结构.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Soldiers using a multiple rocket launcher scored a direct hit on the steeple of a church.
士兵们使用多管火箭筒直接击中一所教堂的尖塔。
来自柯林斯例句
5. At twenty - five he won a three - mile steeple - chase against the most rugged competitor.
