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skyscraper n.摩天大楼 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] 【记】擦着天顶的

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['skaiskreipə] 【英】 n. 摩天大楼 (a very tall modern city building)【考】 bone : body / girder : skyscraper(身体有骨骼支撑/摩 天大楼有钢梁支撑) n. 摩天大楼【记】sky天空, scrape(n /v 刮; 擦), r: 擦到天空的楼－摩天大楼【参】sky-rocket(v (物价等)猛涨)【类】bone: body = girder: skyscraper骨骼支撑身体 = 钢梁支撑摩天大楼

单词	skyscraper
音标	['skaiskreipə]
解释	n.摩天大楼
红宝书	【英】 n. 摩天大楼 (a very tall modern city building) 【考】 bone : body / girder : skyscraper(身体有骨骼支撑/摩天大楼有钢梁支撑)
字源	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]
不择手段背单词	n. 摩天大楼【记】sky天空, scrape(n /v 刮; 擦), r: 擦到天空的楼－摩天大楼【参】sky-rocket(v (物价等)猛涨) 【类】bone: body = girder: skyscraper骨骼支撑身体 = 钢梁支撑摩天大楼
趣味全助记	【记】擦着天顶的

Tall Skyscraper N 摩天大楼 Body Sail Skaiskreipə N.摩天大楼