单词 | point block |
释义 | > as lemmaspoint block point block n. chiefly British a tower block with flats, offices, etc., built around a central lift or staircase. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > high building > collectively point block1954 tower block1966 tower1970 1954 Ann. Reg. 1953 371 The London County Council's large sites..were of special interest on account of their carefully landscaped mixture of terrace houses, maisonettes, and 11-storey ‘point-blocks’. 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Sept. 988/4 The London skyline today, peppered with point blocks, tower-blocks, and slabs. 1995 Victorian Soc. Ann. 1994 55 St Paul's, Salford, a church saved from demolition in the midst of an estate of Manchester point blocks. 2005 Toronto Star (Nexis) 12 Mar. 14 Two identical point-block slender all-glass towers. < as lemmas |
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