The height of spires cannot be taken by trigonometry; they measure absurdly short, but how tall they are to the admiring eye!
尖塔的高度岂能用三角学衡量;量出的数字小得可笑,可在赞叹它的眼中,它们又是何等高耸!
— Robert Louis Stevenson · An Inland Voyage · Noyon Cathedral —
The height of spires cannot be taken by trigonometry; they measure absurdly short, but how tall they are to the admiring eye!
尖塔的高度岂能用三角学衡量;量出的数字小得可笑,可在赞叹它的眼中,它们又是何等高耸!