Obelisk
['ɒb(ə)lɪsk] or ['ɑbə'lɪsk]
解释:
(noun.) a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
录入:露西--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.
(n.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [/]. See Dagger, n., 2.
(v. t.) To mark or designate with an obelisk.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Pillar.[2]. Dagger (in printing).
编辑:罗德里克
解释:
n. a tall four-sided tapering pillar usually of one stone finished at the top like a flat pyramid: (print.) a dagger ( † ).—adj. Ob′eliscal.—v.t. Ob′elise to mark with an obelisk to condemn as spurious indelicate &c.—n. Ob′elus a mark ( — or ?nbsp;) used in ancient MSS. to mark suspected passages esp. in the Septuagint to indicate passages not in the Hebrew:—pl. Ob′eli.
校对:劳伦斯
娱乐性解释：
An obelisk looming up stately and cold in your dreams is the forerunner of melancholy tidings. For lovers to stand at the base of an obelisk, denotes fatal disagreements.
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例句:
- The fountain sparkled in the sun; the obelisk above pierced the clear dark-blue air. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Then an Egyptian obelisk. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Their residences are usually on the outskirts of 'the Rules,' chiefly lying within a circle of one mile from the obelisk in St. George's Fields. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- They were expert builders, and possessed the engineering skill to erect obelisks weighing hundreds of tons. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
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