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

它们被称为方尖石，这是希腊语，是" 小矛" 的意思。

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

“根本上说，也方尖、石雕塑流落于世界各地不是件坏事。

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

在朋布西，这些石碉就像是陶瓷蓝色的天空中落下的方尖。

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石，它们是运来的。

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一个方尖微型模型。

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

这个宏伟的入口标有一对高耸的方尖。

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

胜利镇的方尖庆祝其中两个最大的方尖。

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

喷泉、湖泊、神庙就在她面前，远处是最后的支线，一座闪闪发光的方尖。

We evolved to standing on top of an obelisk, standing on top of a mountainside, standing on top of boxes.

我们进化到站在方尖顶上，站在山坡顶上， 站在箱子顶上。

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。

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 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。

" A turtle, " the prince announced cheerfully. " A big 'snapper, that's all it was" . He thrust his pole out ahead of them and pushed them away from a towering green obelisk.

" 不过是乌龟嘛，" 小王子自信满满地宣布，" 一个碎骨怪，仅此而已。" 他将蒿子伸前，把船推离一个高耸的绿色方尖塔。

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.

古人的天文知识可以吉萨金字塔的排列、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。