skyscraper
skyscraper 英 [ˈskaɪskreɪpə(r)] 美 [ˈskaɪˌskrepɚ]
n. 摩天楼
名词复数:skyscrapers
- A skyscraper is a very tall building, like New York City's Empire State Building, which held the title of "World's Tallest Building" for many years.
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- n. 摩天楼
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1. The skyscraper towers into the clouds.
那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
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2. The majesty of the skyscraper surprised me.
这幢摩天大厦的雄伟气势令我惊叹。
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3. Actually every skyscraper has a history.
其实每幢摩天大楼都有一段历史。
- 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."
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