These are called 'obelisks', a Greek word meaning something like 'little spear'.

它们被称为方尖石碑，这是希腊语，是" 小矛" 的意思。

At Pengbuxi, the towers stood like obelisks dropped from a ceramic blue sky.

在朋布西，这些石是从陶瓷蓝色的天空中落下的方尖碑。

There, she erected twin 100-ft tall obelisks which, at the time, were the tallest in the world.

在那里，她竖立了两座 100 英尺的方尖碑，当时是世界上最的方尖碑。

In some of our own cities you can still see obelisks that people brought back from Egypt.

今天你还能在某些城市见到这样的方尖石碑，它们是从埃及运来的。

In a subtle nod, Dr Wonkam has a miniature of the obelisk on a shelf in his office.

默默认同的旺坎博士在办公室架子上放了个方尖碑微型模型。

'Ultimately it's probably no bad thing to have Egyptian obelisks and stones and statues sprinkled all over the world.

“从根本上说，也许埃及方尖碑、石碑及雕塑流落于世界各地不是件坏事。

This grand entry was marked with a pair of soaring obelisks.

这个宏伟的入口标有耸的方尖碑。

An obelisk in the town of Victory celebrates two of the biggest.

胜利镇的方尖碑庆祝其中两个最大的方尖碑。

Some sort of mysterious obelisk from another realm made out of strange material.

某种来自另个领域的神秘方尖碑，由奇怪的材料制成。

I've done the beans in there because I've put many obelisks in there in season.

我在那里种了豆子，因为我在当季时放置了许多方尖碑。

There's an obelisk in his honor there, almost as impressive as the Washington Monument.

那里有座为纪念他而建的方尖碑，其壮观程度几乎可与华盛顿纪念碑媲美。

They had no word about the fate of the obelisk.

他们没有关于方尖碑命运的消息。

The 555-foot marblefaced obelisk marked this nation's heart.

这座555英尺的大理石方尖碑标志着这个国家的心脏。

The obelisk demands that you interject.

方尖碑要求你插话。

So there are obelisks, Not the big ones.

所以有些方尖碑，不是很大的那种。

And buried 10 feet underground, as these objects often were, was this black limestone monument, an obelisk.

并且被埋在地下10英尺深处， 这些物体经常被埋藏的那样，是个黑色石灰岩纪念碑， 个方尖碑。

So, they see it, and they see a prism-shaped chrome-colored metal obelisk jutting upright out of the ground.

于是，他们看到了它，个棱柱形的、铬黄色金属制成的方尖碑，笔直地耸立在地面上。

But I think we've got another phase as well that we need to mention, which is the Roman obelisks.

但我觉得我们还需要提到另个阶段，那是罗马时期的方尖碑。

Are they also interested in these obelisks?

他们也这些方尖碑感兴趣吗？

The fountain lay before her, the lakes, the temple, and far away on the last spur, a glittering obelisk.

喷泉、湖泊、神庙在她面前，远处是最后的支线，座闪闪发光的方尖碑。