skyscraper

B1 CET-4 高中 FREQ #25054 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 摩天楼, 三角形天帆

发音

US /ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/
其它
UK /ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/

词形变化

skyscrapers 复数 skyscrapers

教材释义与例句

名词

摩天楼，超高层大楼；特别高的东西

a very tall modern city building

The skyscraper towers into the clouds.

那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A very tall building with a large number of floors.

    摩天楼

    摩天大楼

    建筑
  2. 2.

    A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.

    古体 航海 交通
  3. 3.

    Anything very tall or high.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

building edifice

相关短语

skyscraper heel skyscraper heels

词源

Compound of sky + scraper, first applied to tall steel-frame buildings in American cities such as New York City and Chicago in the 1880s.

来源：wiktionary