skyscraper

英 ['skaɪskreɪpə] 美 ['skaɪ'skrepɚ]

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※ 提供单词"skyscraper"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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]

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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.

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.

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.