Obelisk
['ɒb(ə)lɪsk] or ['ɑbə'lɪsk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
錄入:露西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Pillar.[2]. Dagger (in printing).
編輯:罗德里克
解釋/意思:
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.
校對:劳伦斯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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/造句/用法:
- The fountain sparkled in the sun; the obelisk above pierced the clear dark-blue air. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Then an Egyptian obelisk. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- They were expert builders, and possessed the engineering skill to erect obelisks weighing hundreds of tons. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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