obelisk

名词 obelisk:

1. a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
2. a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
   同义词：dagger

ob.e.lisk

n.（名词）
A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a point.
方尖石碑：升到一点的四面体高塔或碑石，常为尖顶和由整块石料的
Printing The dagger sign (ô), used especially as a reference mark.Also called In this sense, also called dagger ,obelus
【印刷术】 剑号：剑号，尤其作参照符号用也作 在此意义上也可称作 dagger,obelus

来源：
Latin obeliscus
拉丁语 obeliscus
from Greek obeliskos [diminutive of] obelos [a spit, obelisk]
源自 希腊语 obeliskos [] obelos的小后缀 [炙叉，方尖石]

【引伸】
ob.elis.cal
ob.elis.koid.