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.