| 词汇 | spire |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： O.E. spir "sprout, shoot, stalk of grass," from P.Gmc. *spiraz (cf. O.N. spira "a stalk, slender tree," M.L.G. spir "a small point or top"), from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (see spike (n.1)). Meaning "tapering top of a tower or steeple" first recorded 1590s (a sense attested in M.L.G. since late 14c. and also found in the Scandinavian cognates). The verb is first recorded early 14c. |
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