skyscraper

• n. 摩天楼，超高层大楼；特别高的东西

词态变化

助记提示

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