Obelisk

(noun.) a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.

录入:露西

• 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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