steeple

• n. 尖塔
• vt.何かを尖塔のように組み立てる。

語源は古英語のstepel（高い塔）で、語源的にはsteep（高くそびえる）と同じ。語源は教会の尖塔。

steeple (n.)

Old English stepel (Mercian), stiepel (West Saxon) "high tower," related to steap "high, lofty," from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (see steep (adj.)). Also the name of a lofty style of women's head-dress from the 14th century. Steeple-house (1640s) was the old Quaker way of referring to "a church edifice," to avoid in that sense using church, which had with them a more restricted meaning.

1. The steeple soars skyward.

は尖って高くそびえている。

2.I checked my watch against the steeple clock.

私は教会の尖塔の大時計に基づいて時計を合わせた。

3.A steeple tops the church.

教会の先端は尖った構造になっている。

4.Soldiers using a multiple rocket launcher scored a direct hit on the steeple of a church.

兵士たちは複数のロケット筒を使って教会の尖塔に直接当たった。

5.At twenty-five he won a three-mile steeple -chase against the most rugged competitor.

は25歳の時、3マイルクロスカントリーで最強のライバルに勝った。