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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

摩天大楼 [mótiāndàlóu]
  1. 1. noun A skyscraper; originally referred to a 50-floor building built in the use; it then became used to refer to extremely high buildings; also 摩天楼.
    城市发展真快,才几年呀,就到处都是摩天大楼了!
    How rapidly the city developed! In only several years skyscrapers are everywhere.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

摩天大楼 [mótiāndàlóu]
  1. 1. 原指20世纪初美国建造的一幢50余层的建筑;后泛指非常高的高层建筑。也说摩天楼。

Examples

摩天大楼
skyscraper
这幢摩天大楼有50层。
This skyscraper is 50 floors high.
摩天大楼
最抢眼的是那座摩天大楼
The tall skyscraper is dominating over the city.
摩天大楼俯视着整座城市。
For a moment she wished she were on the top floor of a very, very high skyscraper.
霎时间,她希望她在一栋很高,很高的摩天大楼的最高层。
The skyscraper dwarfed all of the surrounding buildings.
这座摩天大楼使周围的建筑物相形见绌。
Their offices are in a modern skyscraper.
他们的办公室在现代化的摩天大楼中。

Word Decomposition


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