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

它们被称为石，这是希腊语，是" 小矛" 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天空中。

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，当时是世界上最高。

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石，它们是从埃及运来。

'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、石及雕塑流于世界各地不是件坏事。

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

默默认同旺坎博士在办公室架子上放了一个微型模型。

Katherine nodded, her gaze climbing the glowing white obelisk.

凯瑟琳点点头， 她目光爬上了发光白色。

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

这个宏伟入口标有一对高耸。

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

胜利镇庆祝其中两个最大。

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，远处是最后支线，一座闪闪发光。

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

这座555英尺大理石标志着这个国家心脏。

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.

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

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——它在美国伟大埃及上盘旋在 555 英尺高空中。

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

我们进化到站在顶上，站在山坡顶上， 站在箱子顶上。

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

十九世纪，现在人们所熟悉和喷泉被带到了这里，进一步模糊了它与血腥联系。

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) 坐在古罗马赛马场旧址上。 想象一，战车使它们发夹绕着那个转。

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

光线几乎以平行式照射，因此当它们与锡耶纳一座对齐时，在亚历山大港就会有所偏离。

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坡道，而在外部，楼梯将通向顶部。

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.

四个侧面中三个侧面竖立着雕像，以纪念领导美国前进将军——霍雷肖·盖茨、丹尼尔·摩根和菲利普·斯凯勒。