skyscraper
英 ['ska?skre?p?]
美 ['ska?'skrep?]
助記提示
1. 刮到天的樓。
英文詞源
- 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]
雙語例句
- 1. A skyscraper has been erected.
- 一棟摩天大樓拔地而起.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The skyscraper towers into the clouds.
- 那幢摩天大樓高聳入云.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. With an elevator in the skyscraper , we can easily go up and down.
- 摩天樓里有電梯, 上下很方便.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The first modern - style skyscraper rose a stubby ten stories above Chicago's streets.
- 第一座現(xiàn)代風格的摩天大廈在芝加哥的大街上升起矮墩墩的十層.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Soon I was stepped into the plush comfort of a skyscraper office.
- 不久之后,我又踏入了一間摩天大廈中的極其舒適的辦公室.
來自辭典例句