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spire

noun
🔊/ˈspaɪə(r)/
🔊/ˈspaɪər/
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  1. a tall pointed structure on the top of a building, especially a church（教堂等顶部的）尖塔，尖顶
    • a magnificent view of the spires of the city全城建筑物尖顶尽收眼底的美景。
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1, Buildingsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySpire is used after these nouns:
    • cathedral
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    Word OriginOld English spīr ‘tall slender stem of a plant’; related to German Spier ‘tip of a blade of grass’.