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.

朋布西，这些碉就像是从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.

，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.

今天你还能某些城市见到这样的方尖，它们是从埃及运的。

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办公室架子上放了一个方尖微型模型。

'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、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。

That's just one big old Egyptian obelisk.

不过是一座古老巨大的埃及方尖。

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

某种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.

我种了豆子，因为我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.

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。

They had no word about the fate of the obelisk.

他们没有关于方尖命运的消息。

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

这座555英尺的大理方尖标志着这个国家的心脏。

The obelisk demands that you interject.

方尖要求你插话。

So there are obelisks, Not the big ones.

所以有一些方尖，不是很大的种。

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

并且被埋地下10英尺深处， 就像这些物体经常被埋藏的样，是一个黑色灰岩纪念， 一个方尖。

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，一个棱柱形的、铬黄色金属制成的方尖，笔直地耸立地面上。

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一个阶段，就是罗马时期的方尖。

Are they also interested in these obelisks?

他们也对这些方尖感兴趣吗？