skyscraper
英 ['skaɪskreɪpə]
美['skaɪ'skrepɚ]
- n. 摩天楼，超高层大楼；特别高的东西
词态变化
复数: skyscrapers;
助记提示
1. 刮到天的楼。
英文词源
- skyscraper (n.)
- very tall urban building, 1888, in a Chicago context, from sky (n.) + agent noun of scrape (v.). Used earlier for "ornament atop a building" (1883), "very tall man" (1857), "high-flying bird" (1840), "light sail at the top of a mast" (1794), and the name of a racehorse (1789). Compare cognate French gratte-ciel, from gratter "to scrape" + ciel "sky;" German Wolkenkratzer, from Wolke "cloud" + Kratzer "scraper."
cloud-cleaver, an imaginary sail jokingly assumed to be carried by Yankee ships. [W. Clark Russell, "Sailors' Word Book," 1883]
双语例句
- 1. A skyscraper has been erected.
- 一栋摩天大楼拔地而起.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The skyscraper towers into the clouds.
- 那幢摩天大楼高耸入云.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. With an elevator in the skyscraper , we can easily go up and down.
- 摩天楼里有电梯, 上下很方便.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. The first modern - style skyscraper rose a stubby ten stories above Chicago's streets.
- 第一座现代风格的摩天大厦在芝加哥的大街上升起矮墩墩的十层.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Soon I was stepped into the plush comfort of a skyscraper office.
- 不久之后,我又踏入了一间摩天大厦中的极其舒适的办公室.
来自辞典例句