a city and port in north-east Scotland. It is an important fishing port, and was the main centre of the North Sea gas and oil industries. Many of its buildings are made of granite, a hard grey stone, and for this reason it is often called the ‘granite city’. 阿伯丁(蘇格蘭東北部港口城市,重要的漁港,北海天然氣和石油工業的主要中心。城中許多建築由花崗岩建成,因此常被稱爲“花崗岩城市”)