| 单词 | spire-like | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasspire-like  C2.   With past participles or adjectives (chiefly instrumental and similative), as  spire-adorned,  spire-crowned,  spire-shaped,  spire-topped adjs.;  spire-like,  spire-straight adjs. ΚΠ 1804    J. Grahame Sabbath 29  				He toil'd up the spire-topt hill. 1840    Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 32/1  				This..is covered by a very steep, or spire-shaped roof. 1879    W. Carleton Farm Ballads 		(new ed.)	 87  				The turreted, spire-adorned city. 1885    E. P. Warren  & C. F. M. Cleverly Wanderings ‘Beetle’ 56  				The famous Roche à Bayard, rising almost sheer from the river, soars to its spire-like peak. 1893    Daily News 27 Apr. 5/5  				Each corner is adorned with a spire-crowned pavilion. 1933    C. Day Lewis Magnetic Mountain 26  				There, as a candle's beam Stands firm and will not waver Spire-straight in a close chamber. < as lemmas  | 
	
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