| 正面 | 10890.skyscraper 英 ['skaɪskreɪpə]美 ['skaɪ'skrepɚ]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. 刮到天的楼。n. 摩天楼，超高层大楼；特别高的东西 例句： 1. A skyscraper has been erected.一栋摩天大楼拔地而起. 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]" |