| 释义 |
multi-ˈstory, -ˈstorey, a.
[f. multi- + story n.2, storey.]
Of many storeys or floors. So multi-ˈstoried, -ˈstoreyed a.
1918N.Y. Times Mag. 16 June 4 The stenographers..are here from multi-storied city skyscrapers. 1918L. Galloway Office Management (1919) 50 In a multistory factory building the location of the office within the factory itself vitally affects the efficiency of the clerical force. 1946Nature 3 Aug. 152/2 The framed multi-story construction, to be advocated both on architectural grounds and for blast resistance. Ibid. 28 Sept. 439/1 The first remedy was to provide adequate car parks, underground, at ground level, and in multi-storied buildings. 1955Times 31 Aug. 11/6 Rehousing..will create a total overspill of from 35,000 to 54,000, depending on the extent to which multi-storey flats are erected as the old and crumbling tenements come down. 1958Manch. Guardian Weekly 7 Aug. 6/4 The sooner we have more meters the sooner the chaos in our streets will disappear—especially if the profits on metered parking are translated into proper garages and multi-storey parks. 1964J. Summerson Classical Lang. Archit. ii. 15 A building which..is multi-storeyed. 1973Times 28 Feb. (Victoria Centre, Nottingham, Suppl.) p. i/1 The Victoria Centre, Nottingham's new {pstlg}10m multi⁓storey shopping centre, is, according to its developers..the biggest of its type in Europe. 1975J. Symons Three Pipe Problem xviii. 208 The car was in a multi-storey park. |