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2007.12.04

Season's Greetings! It's time to unwrap the Tuesday edition!

Today's Lesson
STEEPLE / CROSS   （教会などの）尖塔／十字架

Explanation

  • A steeple is a tall, pointed tower on the top of a church building.

    A cross is a symbol of the Christian church with a shape similar to the Japanese character for “ten”（十）.
  • steeple とは、教会の建物の最上部に付いている、先の尖った、高い塔のことです。

    cross は、キリスト教の教会で用いられるシンボルで、漢字の「十」に似た形をしています。

STEEPLE / CROSS

examples

  1. (in southern England)
    Can you see the tall steeple over there in the distance? That's Salisbury Cathedral.
  2. Let's go up to the steeple. All the Christmas lights around the city are really pretty from up there.
  3. There was an enormous wooden cross hanging from the ceiling at the front of the church.
  4. My brother brought me back a lovely souvenir from Mexico - a necklace with a turquoise cross on it.

英会話レッスンStay jolly!