supertall

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very tall building.
    — As the show suggests, the center of gravity today has shifted from North America and Europe to Asia and the Middle East, where supertalls are rising at a frenetic pace.
  2. A building between 300m and 600m tall, approximately 1000ft to 2000ft tall. A tall building taller than a plain tall but shorter than a megatall.
    — What few might have predicted is the cumulative effect that unleashing this scale of development might have. The JP Morgan tower is not a one-off, but merely the first of a whole new breed of steroidal supertalls.
形容词 adj.
  1. Extremely tall.
  2. Exceeding 984 feet (300 metres) in height.
    — Like other supertall towers, 432 Park relies on the counterweight system to address the forces of wind and reduce the feeling of swaying for residents. But unlike many other supertall towers that are tiered or taper toward the top, 432 Park is rectangular, making it less aerodynamic.

词形变化

more supertall comparative most supertall superlative supertalls plural

词汇关系

上位词
skyscraper
相关词
megatall plain tall tall
并列词
highrise high-rise high rise low-rise low rise lowrise midrise mid-rise mid rise skyscraper

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
English tall
English supertall
From super- + tall.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
English tall
English supertall
From super- + tall.
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