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

它们被称为方尖，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，这些碉就像是从陶瓷蓝色的天空中落下的方尖。

And the ancient Egyptians astronomical knowledge can be attested by the alignment of the Pyramids of Giza, as well as temples and obelisks and their ability to predict the annual flooding of the Nile.

古埃人的天文知识可以从吉萨金字塔的排列、寺庙和方尖以他们预测尼罗河每年洪水的能力中得到证明。

She started off with monuments at the Temple of Karnak. There, she erected twin 100-ft tall obelisks which, at the time, were the tallest in the world.

她从卡纳克神庙的纪念开始，在那里竖起了两个100英尺高的方尖，这在当时是世界上最高的。

'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，也许埃方尖、雕塑流落于世界各地是件坏事。

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

认同的旺坎博士在办公室架子上放了一个方尖微型模型。

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 英尺高的方尖，当时是世界上最高的方尖。

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，它们是从埃运来的。

That's just one big old Egyptian obelisk.

那过是一座古老巨大的埃方尖。

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

某种来自另一个领域的神秘方尖，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。

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

那里有一座为纪念他而建的方尖，其壮观程度几乎可与华盛顿纪念媲美。

I then mentioned our steel, but the foreigner elevated his nose and asked me if our steel could have executed the sharp carved work seen on the obelisks and which was wrought altogether by edge tools of copper.

于是我提到了我们的钢材，但那位外国人却傲慢地扬起鼻子，反问我，我们的钢能否完成在方尖上所见的精细雕刻，而那些雕刻完全是使用铜质刃具完成的。

In Hawaii an obelisk in Cook's memory has been splattered with red paint and the message " You are on native land." Cook has joined Edward Colston and Cecil Rhodes as a focal point for anti-colonialist ire.

在夏威夷，库克记忆中的方尖上溅满了红色油漆和“你在故乡”的信息。库克加入了爱德华·科尔斯顿（Edward Colston）和塞西尔·罗德斯（Cecil Rhodes）的行列，成为反殖民主义愤怒的焦点。

The pyramid would have hydraulic lifts and sloping ramps inside, while on the outside, flights of stairs would lead to an obelisk on top.

金字塔内部将有液压升降机和倾斜的坡道，而在外部，楼梯将通向顶部的方尖。

Three of the obelisk's four sides hold statues that honor the generals that led the American advance-- Horatio Gates, Daniel Morgan, and Philip Schuyler.

方尖的四个侧面中的三个侧面竖立着雕像，以纪念领导美国前进的将军——霍雷肖·盖茨、丹尼尔·摩根和菲利普·斯凯勒。

Piazza San Pietro sits on what was the site of an ancient Roman racetrack. Imagine chariots making their hairpin turns around that obelisk.

圣彼得广场 (Piazza San Pietro) 坐落在古罗马赛马场的旧址上。 想象一下，战车使它们的发夹绕着那个方尖转。

The simple obelisk actually proved more powerful than Mill's busy original concept, creating an unadored monument that lets Washington's memory speak for itself.

这座朴素的方尖实际上比米尔斯原本繁复的设计更具力量，它创造了一座无需雕饰的纪念， 让华盛顿的记忆自己发声。

Hatshepsut actually tells us that her father told her to build obelisks and he, Thutmose I, also raised obelisks at the Karnak Temple.

哈特谢普苏特实际上告诉我们， 她的父亲曾指示她建造方尖， 而她的父亲，即图特摩斯一世， 也在卡尔纳克神庙竖立了方尖。

The rays would come in practically parallel, and so when they lined up with an obelisk in Syene, it would be off Alexandria.

光线几乎以平行方式照射，因此当它们与锡耶纳的一座方尖对齐时，在亚历山大港就会有所偏离。