| 词汇 | eiffel tower |
| 词源 | Eiffel Tower. At the time it was erected in the Champ-de- Mars for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889, the Eiffel Tow- er, standing 984.25 feet high, ranked as the world’s tallest struc- ture. The structural iron tower had been designed by French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923), the earliest and foremost builder of iron structures in France and a pioneer in the science of aerodynamics with his Resistance of Air (1913). The tower, with three platforms at different heights, reached by stairs and elevators, has since become as much a symbol of France as the fleur-de-lis. The interior structure of the Statue of Liberty, presented to the United States by France in 1884 and a symbol of America, was also designed by Eiffel, although the statue itself was created by F. A. Bartholdi. |
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