skyscraper

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skyscraper — 名詞

  • skyscrapersingular
  • skyscrapersplural

1. a type of extremely tall building that rises high above the other buildings arou

1.名詞B1
釋義

摩天大樓

城市中非常高的現代大樓

a type of extremely tall building that rises high above the other buildings around it in a city, usually containing many floors for offices, apartments, or shops

例句

The new skyscraper in Taipei has over one hundred floors for offices and shops.

台北這棟新建的摩天大樓有一百多層的辦公室和商店。

collocation: [number] floors for [purpose]

Sari went to the top of the skyscraper and saw the whole city below.

Sari 走到摩天大樓的頂樓，看見底下的整個城市。

verb collocation: take the lift / elevator to the top

常見搭配
  • tall skyscraper
  • office skyscraper
  • residential skyscraper
  • skyscraper rises above
  • build a skyscraper
  • skyscraper reaches [number] floors
  • top of the skyscraper
  • glass skyscraper
同義詞
  • high-rise

    a general term for any building with many floors; less extreme in height than a skyscraper

  • tower

    can mean any tall, narrow structure, not necessarily a building with multiple occupiable floors

  • tower block

    chiefly British; often refers to a tall residential building, less glamorous than a skyscraper

反義詞
  • low-rise

    a building with only a few floors, usually under four stories

  • bungalow

    a single-storey house, the opposite extreme in height

常見錯誤

I live in a skyscraper in the suburbs.
I live in a skyscraper in the city centre.
skyscrapers are almost always found in cities or dense urban areas, not suburbs.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • skyscraper construction
  • skyscraper design
  • skyscraper window
  • skyscraper view

常用片語

  • build a skyscraper
  • skyscraper rises above the city

介系詞搭配

  • in a skyscraper
  • at the top of a skyscraper