| 词汇 | skyscraper |
| 释义 | skyscraper noun[ C ] uk /ˈskaɪˌskreɪ.pər/ us /ˈskaɪˌskreɪ.pɚ/ a very tall modern building, usually in a city摩天大楼 Georgios Roumeliotis/EyeEm/GettyImages Buildings in general -bedroomed beach hut building bunkhouse campanile facility four-square geodesic dome half-timbered heritage multistorey new build non-residential non-structural Norman structurally structure tower turreted warren BASE jumpers parachute from high places: from the tops of buildings or monuments (even when they’re not allowed to), from skyscrapers that are still being built, and from mountains and cliffs. skyscraper | American Dictionaryskyscraper noun[ C ] us/ˈskɑɪˌskreɪ·pər/ a very tall building: The restaurant is at the top of one of the big downtown skyscrapers. skyscraper | Business Englishskyscraper noun[ C ] uk /ˈskaɪˌskreɪpər/us a very tall building in a city: the soaring skyscrapers of New York City Examples of skyscraperskyscraper The service areas which, in a commercial skyscraper, were located in the centre of the plan, are now wrapped around the periphery. Can it discover optimal strategies for dispatching elevators in skyscrapers and for channel allocation in cellular telephone systems? Traditional architectural treatments should be revived in new skyscraper designs, to overcome the disadvantages of the climate. It identifies the problems of the skyscraper in terms of planning and architecture. These new skyscrapers will employ innovative forms, technologies and environments to face the challenges of the future climatechanged world. Significantly, the first skyscraper in the republic, in its time considered the largest reinforced concrete building in the world, was constructed with landed money. The architects' sample shows that they are more conservative about erecting skyscrapers than others, due probably to their knowledge about their problems and maintenance afterwards. They also prefer the grouping of skyscrapers in one zone (98% and 80% respectively). As converging social and economic forces propelled the elevation of daring skyscrapers upwards, mass circulation and mobility demanded the extension of complex transportation systems. And yet, as emblems, they show a contradictory nature : the skyscrapers and bridges may be seen as features of the city's official, spectacular façade. The skyscraper presents a challenge as a new building type that did not exist in traditional architecture of the region. They are the potential owners of the new skyscrapers which are not just larger, but different from the last century of tall buildings, however considered. On the other hand, 92% and 79% respectively do not wish to live in, or for their home to be in, skyscrapers. They could, however, work together to clean a floor or climb skyscrapers to wash windows. The price of these skyscrapers is counted not only in dollars but also in degraded urban environment, traffic congestion, and low quality of life. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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