spire  /sp'ɑɪr/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  spire
  尖塔,尖頂,旋渦,螺旋(vi.)突出,聳立,螺旋形上升(vt.)給…加塔尖

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Spire \Spire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Spiring}.]
     To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. --Emerson.
  
           It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being
           more inclined to branch into arms.       --Mortimer.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Spire \Spire\, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. ???: cf. F.
     spire.]
     1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. --Dryden.
  
     2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution
        of the straight line about the pole. See {Spiral}, n.
  
     {Spire bearer}. (Paleon.) Same as {Spirifer}.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Spire \Spire\, v. i. [L. spirare to breathe. See {Spirit}.]
     To breathe. [Obs.] --Shenstone.

資料來源(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Spire \Spire\, n. [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young
     shoot, AS. sp[=i]r; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan.
     spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. sp[=i]ra.]
     1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass
        or of wheat.
  
              An oak cometh up a little spire.      --Chaucer.
  
     2. A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a
        conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof
        of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion
        to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination
        of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as
        that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a
        steeple, or the steeple itself. ``With glistering spires
        and pinnacles adorned.'' --Milton.
  
              A spire of land that stand apart, Cleft from the
              main.                                 --Tennyson.
  
              Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells
              Just undulates upon the listening ear. --Cowper.
  
     3. (Mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the
        chargen in blasting.
  
     4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
  
              The spire and top of praises.         --Shak.

資料來源(6): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  spire
       n : a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building
           (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point
           at the top [syn: {steeple}]