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，这些石碉就像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 英尺高的方尖碑，当时是世界最高的方尖碑。

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放了一个方尖碑微型模型。

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

“从根，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一对高耸的方尖碑。

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。

From this vantage point, the towering obelisk looked even more impressive than it had before.

从这个有利位置看，高耸的方尖碑看起来比以前更加令人印象深刻。

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碑。

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。

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碑顶，站在山坡顶， 站在箱子顶。

In the nineteenth century, the now familiar obelisk and fountains were brought to the site, further obscuring its bloody associations.

十九世，现在人们所熟悉的方尖碑和喷泉被带到了这里，进一步模糊了它与血腥的联系。

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.

她从卡纳克神庙的念碑开始，在那里竖起了两个100英尺高的方尖碑，这在当时是世界最高的。

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。 想象一下，战车使它们的发夹绕着那个方尖碑转。

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碑对齐时，在亚历山大港就会有所偏离。

Katherine nodded, her gaze climbing the glowing white obelisk.

凯瑟琳点点头， 她的目光爬了发光的白色方尖碑。

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碑。

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.

方尖碑的四个侧面中的三个侧面竖立着雕像，以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。

Langdon had never seen the Capitol from this perspective— hovering 555 feet in the air atop America's great Egyptian obelisk.

兰登从未从这个角度看到过国会大厦——它在美国伟大的埃及方尖碑盘旋在 555 英尺高的空中。