英语词汇skyscraper的发音释义、词根词缀、结构分析、同源词、词频及词根记忆法-英语词根词缀词典

skyscraper

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]

词汇	skyscraper
词根词缀	Online Etymology Dictionary 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]
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