拔地而起 [
bá dì ér qǐ]
rise straight from the ground
rising abruptly out of the ground
- 现在另一座大楼正拔地而起,很快,我们就可以在那里面上课了。
Now another building is being built and soon we will have our lessons in it. - 新工厂的工人们穿着白领衬衣,实验室就在他们旁边拔地而起。
Workers in the new mills wear white coats, and laboratories are springing up beside them. - 这个中心看起来像是死亡星球,由一面球形玻璃,钢制鸟巢和一个很长但又很窄的从地面拔地而起的建筑物构成。
This center looks like the Death Star and consists of a spherical glass and steel nest and a very long, low building raised off the ground.